Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
अकृतस्नान एवाऽहं दृष्टो दैत्यैर्दुरासदैः । गले गृहीतः कृष्णाहं मुष्टिभिस्ताडितस्तथा
akṛtasnāna evā'haṃ dṛṣṭo daityairdurāsadaiḥ | gale gṛhītaḥ kṛṣṇāhaṃ muṣṭibhistāḍitastathā
私がまだ沐浴の儀式を行っていないうちに、征服しがたいダイティヤ（悪魔）たちに見つかってしまいました。彼らは私の首をつかみ、拳で私を殴りつけました。
Durvāsas (implied; the narrative immediately names him in the next adhyāya)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kṛṣṇa (addressed as Krishna in translation context)
Scene: Before completing his bath, Durvāsā is spotted by fierce daityas; they seize his throat and pummel him, contrasting ascetic radiance with brutal force at the edge of sacred waters.
FAQs
Even a great ascetic faces obstacles; steadfastness in dharmic observance (like snāna) and refuge in the Lord remain the remedy.
Dvārakā’s sacred sphere (Dvārakā-māhātmya), where devotion to Kṛṣṇa frames the events.
Snāna is implied as a required observance—he is attacked specifically while still “unbathed,” highlighting the priority of ritual purity in vrata practice.