Skandapurana 1.3.34.3

1.3.34.3

2 dakṣeṇa kanakhalakṣetre yajñakarmaprārambhakaraṇam, tatra yajñe vasiṣṭhādimaharṣīṇāṃ viṣṇubrahmendraprabhṛtīnāṃ devatānāṃ cāgamanama ,tatra śaṃkaramanāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā dadhīcimaharṣiṇā dakṣaṃ prati śaṃkarānayanārthamupadeśakaraṇam, dakṣeṇa śaṅkarānādarapradarśanam, dadhīcinā śaṃkarānādara- ṇā'nyāyena yajñavināśamāśrāvya yajñavāṭānnirgamanam, dakṣeṇa devayajanārambhakaraṇam, atha gandhamādanaparvate vimānasthayā dākṣāyaṇyā satyā svapiturdakṣasya yajñasamāraṃbhe svapatnībhiḥ saha gacchataścandrasya mukhena yajñavṛttāṃtaṃ samākarṇya śivasamīpaṃ sametya svapitṛmaṃdiraṃ prīta svasyā jigamiṣāsamutkaṇṭhāpradarśanam, śivena kriyamāṇe'pyupadeśe satyā'tyāgraheṇa svasyā gamanārthaṃ śivasakāśādājñāprārthanam, pitrā'vamānitāyāḥ satyāḥ punaranāgamanaṃ śivena nirdhārya nandyādibhiḥ saha tasyāḥ preṣaṇam, dakṣayajñaṃ prati satodevyāgamanavarṇanam ... ....

2. Dakṣa's commencement of the sacrificial rite in the sacred field of Kanakhala; the arrival there at the sacrifice of great seers headed by Vasiṣṭha and deities headed by Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and Indra; the great seer Dadhīci, seeing that Śaṃkara had not arrived, advising Dakṣa to bring Śaṃkara; Dakṣa showing disrespect toward Śaṃkara; Dadhīci, proclaiming the destruction of the sacrifice due to the injustice of disrespecting Śaṃkara, departing from the sacrificial enclosure; Dakṣa commencing the sacrifice to the gods; then Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa, seated in an aerial chariot on Mount Gandhamādana, hearing news of the sacrifice from the mouth of Candra who was going with his wives to her father Dakṣa's grand sacrifice, approaching Śiva and expressing her intense desire to go affectionately to her father's home; despite Śiva's advice, Satī, out of extreme insistence, requesting permission from Śiva to go; Śiva, ascertaining that Satī would not return after being insulted by her father, sending her along with Nandin and others; description of goddess Satī's arrival at Dakṣa's sacrifice.