Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71
स्वेषामुद्योगमालोक्य दक्षश्चाश्रुमुखस्ततः । दंडवत्पतितो भूमौ सर्वानेवाभ्यभाषत
sveṣāmudyogamālokya dakṣaścāśrumukhastataḥ | daṃḍavatpatito bhūmau sarvānevābhyabhāṣata
ان کی پُرعزم تیاری دیکھ کر دکش کی آنکھیں اشکبار ہو گئیں؛ پھر وہ دَندوت کی طرح زمین پر گر پڑا اور سب کو مخاطب کیا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Dakṣa, overwhelmed, eyes brimming with tears, falls full-length like a staff before the assembled divine companies, hands folded, body pressed to earth, beginning a plea for support and forgiveness.
FAQs
Pride in ritual status collapses before truth; humility and surrender (daṇḍavat-praṇāma) open the door to reconciliation.
No single tīrtha is named in the verse; the Kedārakhaṇḍa context supports a Shaiva Mahātmya frame while narrating Dakṣa’s turning point.
Implicitly, daṇḍavat-praṇāma (full prostration) as a gesture of surrender; no formal vrata/dāna/japa is detailed.