Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
स चकार महायज्ञे हरद्वेषं विमूढधीः । तेन द्वेषेण महता सती प्रकुपिता भृशम्
sa cakāra mahāyajñe haradveṣaṃ vimūḍhadhīḥ | tena dveṣeṇa mahatā satī prakupitā bhṛśam
اس عظیم یَجّیہ میں اُس گمراہ عقل والے نے ہَر (ہَرَ) کے لیے دُویش پال لیا؛ اور اسی بڑے دُویش کے سبب ستی نہایت سخت غضبناک ہو گئی۔
Narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (deductively: a narrator recounting Dakṣa-yajña)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Paijavana
Scene: A grand yajña arena with blazing fire-altars; Dakṣa stands proud, face hardened; an unseen tension points toward Śiva’s absence; Satī, radiant yet furious, clenches her fist—storm clouds gathering above the sacrificial pavilion.
FAQs
Contempt toward the Divine and sectarian hostility corrupt even grand rituals; inner disposition determines the dharmic value of sacrifice.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it narrates the background episode that often underlies tīrtha origins and liṅga manifestations.
A ‘mahāyajña’ is referenced, but the verse warns that ritual grandeur without reverence and right intent becomes spiritually ruinous.