Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96
द्विजराजश्च धर्मश्च भृगुमारीचिमुख्यकाः । अत्यंतमपमानस्य भाजनं तेन कारिताः
dvijarājaśca dharmaśca bhṛgumārīcimukhyakāḥ | atyaṃtamapamānasya bhājanaṃ tena kāritāḥ
دویجوں کے راجا اور خود دھرم دیو—بھِرگو، مَریچی اور دیگر سرکردہ رشیوں سمیت—اس نے انہیں نہایت سخت رسوائی کا نشانہ بنا دیا۔
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)
Scene: Dakṣa’s courtly sacrificial hall where eminent beings—Dharma personified and great sages like Bhṛgu and Mārīci—are publicly humiliated; faces show shock and restrained anger; ritual grandeur contrasts moral disgrace.
FAQs
Status, learning, and ritual authority do not protect one who aligns against the Supreme; dharma without devotion becomes hollow.
Within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, the supremacy of Śiva (Viśveśvara of Kāśī) is the doctrinal center behind the narrative.
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