Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
कपाली शूलहस्तोऽसौ गजचर्मावगुंठितः । नास्य माता न च पिता न भ्राता न च बान्धवः
kapālī śūlahasto'sau gajacarmāvaguṃṭhitaḥ | nāsya mātā na ca pitā na bhrātā na ca bāndhavaḥ
“وہ کَپالی ہے، ترشول ہاتھ میں لیے ہوئے؛ ہاتھی کی کھال میں لپٹا ہوا۔ اس کی نہ ماں ہے نہ باپ، نہ بھائی نہ کوئی رشتہ دار۔”
Dakṣa (continued denunciatory description; inferred)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva as Kapālī: trident in hand, skull-bowl emblem, wrapped in elephant hide, ash-smeared body, matted locks; he stands solitary, indicating ‘no mother/father/kinsman’—a visual of radical transcendence.
FAQs
The Supreme is beyond worldly lineage; judging the divine by social categories is a mark of spiritual ignorance.
None directly; the setting remains the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya narrative framework.
None; the verse conveys theological attributes (misread by Dakṣa as faults).