Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88
प्राप्य दक्षं विनद्योच्चैर्धिक्त्वामीश्वरनिंदकम् । यस्येदृगस्ति संपत्तिर्यत्रदेवाः सहायिनः । स कथं सेश्वरं कर्म न कुर्याद्दक्षतांदधत्
prāpya dakṣaṃ vinadyoccairdhiktvāmīśvaraniṃdakam | yasyedṛgasti saṃpattiryatradevāḥ sahāyinaḥ | sa kathaṃ seśvaraṃ karma na kuryāddakṣatāṃdadhat
抵达达叉之前，他高声咆哮：“可耻啊，你这诋毁主宰之人！拥有如此福祚，且诸天神明皆为助伴者——怎能名为‘达叉’（能者、善巧者）却不以敬畏之心奉行对至上者有主之业？”
Skanda (deduced narrator); direct speech: Vīrabhadra
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame-audience of sages
Scene: Vīrabhadra reaches Dakṣa and roars; he points accusingly, calling him an īśvara-nindaka, contrasting Dakṣa’s prosperity and divine allies with his failure of reverent action.
FAQs
Īśvara-nindā (reviling the Lord) is condemned; true ‘dakṣatā’ (competence) is to act with humility and devotion toward Śiva.
Kāśī, where Śaiva dharma is upheld and offenses against Śiva are forcefully denounced.
No specific rite is prescribed, but the verse implies that all karma—especially yajña—must be performed seśvara (with reverence to the Lord).