Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
अस्माभिः पालिते देशे कः स्नाति मनुजाधमः । ब्रुवंत इति जघ्नुस्ते जानुभिर्मुष्टिभिस्तथा
asmābhiḥ pālite deśe kaḥ snāti manujādhamaḥ | bruvaṃta iti jaghnuste jānubhirmuṣṭibhistathā
'ഞങ്ങൾ സംരക്ഷിക്കുന്ന ഈ ദേശത്ത് സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന ഈ നീചമനുഷ്യൻ ആരാണ്?' എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ട് അവർ അദ്ദേഹത്തെ മുട്ടുകൊണ്ടും മുഷ്ടികൊണ്ടും മർദ്ദിച്ചു.
Deductive (Dvārakā Māhātmya narration; traditionally Sūta speaking to the sages)
Tirtha: Gomatī–Sāgara Saṅgama (Dvārakā)
Type: sangam
Scene: Daityas surround the brāhmaṇa at the water’s edge, shouting that their ‘protected land’ forbids his bath; they strike him with knees and fists—raw brutality against a disciplined pilgrim.
FAQs
Adharma attempts to dominate sacred space through fear, but the narrative frames tīrtha-acts as worth enduring hardship for.
The assault occurs at the same sacred bathing locale (saṅgama/Cakratīrtha) central to this passage.
The act under dispute is snāna at the tīrtha; no additional prescription is stated.