अथागत्य महादेवो दृष्ट्वा तान्ब्राह्मणोत्तमान् । अपश्यमानो विबुधांस्तत्र यज्ञं जघान सः
athāgatya mahādevo dṛṣṭvā tānbrāhmaṇottamān | apaśyamāno vibudhāṃstatra yajñaṃ jaghāna saḥ
پھر مہادیو آئے؛ اُن برتر برہمنوں کو دیکھ کر اور وہاں دیوتاؤں کو نہ دیکھتے ہوئے، اُس نے اُس یَجْن کو تہس نہس کر دیا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Contextually Devī/Umā in surrounding dialogue)
Scene: Mahādeva arrives at the sacrificial ground; eminent brāhmaṇas stand by; the absence of the devas is felt; Śiva’s gaze hardens and the yajña is struck down—fire, altar, and order disrupted by divine retribution.
Sacrifice divorced from humility and right worship collapses; the Lord corrects ritualism to restore true dharma.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose Māhātmya uses such cosmic episodes to heighten the sanctity of the pilgrimage region.
No prescription is given; the verse narrates the destruction of the yajña (sacrifice) as a doctrinal warning.