Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59
अविद्यांतर्गतैर्यज्ञकर्मभिर्न प्रयोजनम् । मम हिंसात्मकैरस्ति निगमोक्तैरचेतनैः
avidyāṃtargatairyajñakarmabhirna prayojanam | mama hiṃsātmakairasti nigamoktairacetanaiḥ
Đối với ta, những nghi lễ tế tự bị bao bọc trong vô minh thì chẳng có ích gì—dẫu được trích dẫn từ Veda, nhưng nếu làm một cách máy móc, vô tri, lại mang tính bạo hại.
Unspecified narrator in dialogue (first-person; expressing a critique of violent ritualism)
Scene: A calm ascetic/teacher figure speaks firmly, rejecting ignorant, violent, mechanical yajña; behind him, ritual implements appear muted, as if demoted in importance.
FAQs
Ritual without wisdom and compassion becomes spiritually unproductive; true dharma requires inner awareness beyond mere performance.
No site is named; this is a doctrinal statement on the limits of certain yajña-karmas.
It does not prescribe a rite; it rejects reliance on violent, mechanically performed sacrifices as spiritually purposeless.