Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28
आत्मसंभावितो मूढःस्तब्धो मौनी समत्सरः । कर्मण्यस्मिन्नयोग्योऽसौ नानीतो हि मयाऽधुना
ātmasaṃbhāvito mūḍhaḥstabdho maunī samatsaraḥ | karmaṇyasminnayogyo'sau nānīto hi mayā'dhunā
خود پسند، فریب خوردہ، ہٹ دھرم، خاموش اور حسد کرنے والا—وہ اس رسم کے لائق نہیں؛ اسی لیے میں نے اسے اب یہاں نہیں بلایا۔
Same hostile/obstructive figure (contextual), refusing Rudra’s participation
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (typical)
Scene: A ritual leader or elder rejects bringing a person to the rite, listing moral-psychological faults; sages look concerned as the yajña fire waits.
FAQs
It dramatizes the error of judging spiritual qualities (like mauna and austerity) through ego-driven standards.
Kedāra-kṣetra provides the setting; the episode supports the broader Kedāra Mahātmya by foregrounding the necessity of honoring Śiva.
No positive prescription; it narrates a refusal to invite a deity to a rite (implying the importance of proper invitation/āhvāna).