Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
उत्पत्य तरसा मूर्ध्नि दुर्वाससमताडयत् । स मुष्टिघाताभिहतश्चुक्रोश पतितः क्षितौ
utpatya tarasā mūrdhni durvāsasamatāḍayat | sa muṣṭighātābhihataścukrośa patitaḥ kṣitau
Leaping up with force, he struck Durvāsas on the head. Smitten by a blow of the fist, Durvāsas cried out and fell to the ground.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sudden leap and a forceful fist-blow lands on the head of the ascetic Durvāsas; the sage cries out and collapses onto the earth as onlookers recoil.
FAQs
The text dramatizes how violence against the sanctified disrupts order and triggers immediate karmic and divine consequences in sacred space.
Dvārakā, depicted as a realm where the dignity of holy persons is a serious matter of dharma.
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