Shloka 303
Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)
देव्या मन्युव्यपोहार्थ हतो दक्षस्य वै क्रतु: । महेश्वरने उस पुरुषको आज्ञा दी--'वीर! तुम दक्षके यज्ञका नाश कर दो।' फिर तो भगवानके मुखसे निकले हुए उस सिंहके समान पराक्रमी एक ही वीरने पार्वतीदेवीके दुःख और क्रोधका निवारण करनेके लिये खेलही खेलमें प्रजापति दक्षके उस यज्ञका विध्वंस कर डाला
devyā manyuvyapohārthaṃ hato dakṣasya vai kratuḥ |
为消除女神的悲痛与怒火，达刹的祭祀被毁，达摩的秩序亦因此震荡。奉大自在天（Maheśvara）之命——“勇士啊，毁掉达刹的祭祀！”——一位如狮般威猛的独胆英雄，仿佛从主神的威临中诞生，竟如同儿戏般轻易摧毁了生主达刹的祭（yajña），以安抚帕尔瓦蒂。
दक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual power (yajña/kratu) is not self-justifying: when pride, disrespect, or adharma corrupts a rite, it can be annulled even if outwardly Vedic. The episode also frames righteous restraint as the higher aim—destruction occurs to dispel the Goddess’s grief and wrath and to restore moral balance.
Dakṣa’s sacrifice is being destroyed on Śiva’s order. A single formidable warrior—described as lion-like and issuing from the Lord—devastates the yajña swiftly, ‘as if in play,’ specifically to remove Devī’s sorrow and anger and to punish the offense embodied in Dakṣa’s rite.