Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 11
प्रजापति दक्ष जब यज्ञ कर रहे थे, उस समय उनका यज्ञ आरम्भ होनेपर कुपित हुए भगवान् शंकरने निर्भय होकर उनके यज्ञको अपने बाणोंसे बींध डाला और धनुषसे बाण छोड़कर गम्भीर स्वरमें सिंहनाद किया
prajāpati dakṣaḥ yadā yajñaṃ karoti sma, tadā tasya yajñasya ārambhe kupitaḥ bhagavān śaṅkaraḥ nirbhayaḥ san tasya yajñaṃ svabāṇaiḥ viddhvā, dhanuṣā bāṇān visṛjya gambhīra-svareṇa siṃhanādaṃ cakāra.
风神说道：当生主达叉（Dakṣa）举行祭祀之时，仪式方才开端，愤怒的商羯罗（Śaṅkara）便无畏而立；他以箭矢洞穿祭仪，又自弓上连发利箭，并以深沉之声发出狮子般的咆哮——宣告那已沦为对神圣秩序与敬礼之冒犯的祭礼走向崩塌。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual power without humility and proper reverence becomes ethically hollow; when a sacred act is driven by pride or exclusion, it invites disruption. The verse frames Śiva’s intervention as a moral correction: dharma is not upheld by ceremony alone but by right intention and respect.
As Dakṣa begins his sacrificial rite, Śiva—angered—arrives fearlessly, symbolically ‘pierces’ the sacrifice with arrows, and roars like a lion. The imagery conveys the forceful interruption and undoing of the yajña, marking a dramatic turning point in the Dakṣa-yajña episode.