Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77
दक्ष उवाच । सर्वेष्वेव हि यज्ञेषु न भागः परिकल्पितः । न मंत्रा भार्यया सार्द्धं शंकरस्येति नेष्यते
dakṣa uvāca | sarveṣveva hi yajñeṣu na bhāgaḥ parikalpitaḥ | na maṃtrā bhāryayā sārddhaṃ śaṃkarasyeti neṣyate
دکش نے کہا: “تمام یَجْنوں میں اس کے لیے کوئی حصہ مقرر نہیں کیا گیا۔ اور یہ بھی منظور نہیں کہ شنکر کو اپنی بیوی کے ساتھ منتر پڑھ کر بلایا جائے۔”
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dadhīci and the assembled devas
Scene: Dakṣa, stern and self-assured, declares that no sacrificial share is allotted to Śaṅkara and rejects mantra-invocation of Śiva with his consort; the gods exchange uneasy glances.
FAQs
Pride expressed through ritual exclusion becomes a cause of dharmic conflict; denying the divine its due leads to spiritual imbalance.
The discussion occurs within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa, framing the site as a stage for understanding proper reverence to Śiva.
A negative claim: Dakṣa asserts Śaṅkara has no yajña-bhāga and rejects mantra-invocation “with his wife”; it describes a disputed ritual stance rather than a recommended rite.