Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
सुभद्रस्यानुषंगेण स्थानं सर्वं प्रदूषितम् । अन्त्यजेन महाभाग तत्कुरुष्व विनिग्रहम्
subhadrasyānuṣaṃgeṇa sthānaṃ sarvaṃ pradūṣitam | antyajena mahābhāga tatkuruṣva vinigraham
“সুভদ্ৰৰ সঙ্গৰ ফলত এই সমগ্ৰ স্থান এজন অন্ত্যজে দুষিত কৰিলে। হে মহাভাগ, সেই অপৰাধ দমন কৰি যথোচিত ব্যৱস্থা কৰা।”
Brāhmaṇas/community elders (implied), addressing a respected authority
Type: kshetra
Scene: A spokesman points toward the defiled precinct while addressing a noble authority; the sacred ground is shown with ritual markers (flags, altars), and the outcaste figure stands at the edge as the call for restraint is issued.
FAQs
Sacred spaces and communities must protect ritual purity; when harm occurs, dharma calls for timely restraint and rectification.
The verse refers generally to a “sthāna” (place) without naming a specific tīrtha in this excerpt.
It calls for vinigraha—disciplinary restraint/corrective action—implying a need for purification measures, though not detailed here.
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