Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110
दृष्ट्वा दक्षं समासीनं देवैब्रह्मर्षिभिः सह । उवाच स वृषारूढो दक्षं वीरः स्मयन्निव
dṛṣṭvā dakṣaṃ samāsīnaṃ devaibrahmarṣibhiḥ saha | uvāca sa vṛṣārūḍho dakṣaṃ vīraḥ smayanniva
جب اس نے دکش کو دیوتاؤں اور برہمرشیوں کے ساتھ بیٹھا دیکھا تو وہ بیل پر سوار بہادر، گویا مسکراتا ہوا، دکش سے مخاطب ہو کر بولا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta tradition)
Scene: Dakṣa sits enthroned amid gods and brahmarṣis in the sacrificial hall; a bull-mounted heroic Śaiva figure arrives and addresses him with a faint, confident smile, the assembly turning in tense attention.
FAQs
Outer authority and assembly approval cannot shield adharmic exclusion of Śiva; truth confronts power directly.
The frame remains Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, where such episodes underline Śaiva sanctity.
None in this verse; it introduces a direct address within the yajña narrative.