Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
यश्च सर्वमिदं हन्याद्ब्राह्मणं चापि तत्समम् । सोऽग्निः सोऽर्को महातेजा विषं भवति कोपितः
yaśca sarvamidaṃ hanyādbrāhmaṇaṃ cāpi tatsamam | so'gniḥ so'rko mahātejā viṣaṃ bhavati kopitaḥ
Quiconque détruirait tout ceci, et de même un brāhmaṇa—ce qui équivaut à une ruine totale—cette puissance au grand éclat, telle le feu et tel le soleil, lorsqu’elle s’irrite devient poison.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the assembled sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A symbolic tableau: the sun and sacrificial fire blaze above; an offender’s act against a brahmana causes the same radiance to darken into a poisonous, smoky aura—tejas transmuting into viṣa.
FAQs
Harming a Brāhmaṇa is portrayed as a catastrophic dharmic offense with toxic karmic fallout.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the māhātmya frames correct conduct as integral to benefiting from the tirtha.
No rite is prescribed; it is a prohibition and warning against violence and sacrilege.