Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26
अत्रैव च किमस्माकं रुद्रेणापि प्रयोजनम् । कन्या दत्ता मया विप्रा ब्रह्मणा नोदितेन हि
atraiva ca kimasmākaṃ rudreṇāpi prayojanam | kanyā dattā mayā viprā brahmaṇā noditena hi
اور یہاں ہمیں رُدر کی آخر کیا ضرورت ہے؟ اے برہمنو، برہما کے کہنے پر میں نے کنیا کا دان کر دیا ہے۔
Same hostile/obstructive figure in the narrative (contextual)
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ) within the scene; broader audience of ṛṣis
Scene: A speaker (likely a deva/authority figure) addresses brāhmaṇas with a challenging claim—‘what need of Rudra?’—while the assembly reacts; the atmosphere is tense, foreshadowing Śiva’s decisive intervention.
FAQs
It illustrates pride and exclusion in sacred affairs—an attitude Purāṇic narratives typically critique through ensuing consequences.
Kedāra-kṣetra remains the narrative background; the episode contributes to the larger Mahātmya by framing divine presence and its importance.
No direct prescription; it references a kanyā-dāna (giving of a maiden) occurring within a larger sacred context.