Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84
दुःशील उवाच । सर्वेष्वेव हि वेदेषु रुद्रः संकीर्त्यते प्रभुः । तत्किं दोषस्त्वया प्रोक्तस्तस्य दीक्षासमुद्भवः
duḥśīla uvāca | sarveṣveva hi vedeṣu rudraḥ saṃkīrtyate prabhuḥ | tatkiṃ doṣastvayā proktastasya dīkṣāsamudbhavaḥ
Duḥśīla thưa: Quả thật, trong mọi Veda, Rudra được tán dương là Đấng Chúa Tể. Vậy lỗi nào mà ngài nói, cho rằng phát sinh từ sự thọ dīkṣā của Ngài?
Duḥśīla
Type: kshetra
Listener: (within narrative) interlocutor of Duḥśīla
Scene: Duḥśīla, earnest and argumentative, gestures toward a Vedic recitation scene where Rudra is praised; opposite him, a learned figure prepares to clarify that the issue lies in initiation’s provenance, not the deity.
FAQs
It distinguishes between honoring a deity praised in the Vedas and the correctness/eligibility of particular ritual procedures performed in that deity’s name.
No tīrtha is named; the verse is theological, dealing with Vedic testimony and initiation.
Dīkṣā (initiation/consecration) is referenced as the point under discussion.
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