Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । शिवलिगमलंघ्यं हि बुद्धिपूर्वं हतो ह्यहम् । उवाच कृष्णं दनुजश्छलितोऽहं त्वयाऽनघ
śrīprahlāda uvāca | śivaligamalaṃghyaṃ hi buddhipūrvaṃ hato hyaham | uvāca kṛṣṇaṃ danujaśchalito'haṃ tvayā'nagha
ശ്രീ പ്രഹ്ലാദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ലംഘിക്കരുതാത്ത ശിവലിംഗത്തെ ഞാൻ അറിഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ടുതന്നെ ലംഘിച്ചു; അതുകൊണ്ടാണ് ഞാൻ ഹതനായത്. പിന്നെ ദനുജൻ കൃഷ്ണനോട്—ഹേ അനഘ, നീ എന്നെ കൌശലത്തോടെ വഞ്ചിച്ചു—എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു.
Śrī Prahlāda (as named in the verse)
Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (with Kuśeśvara-liṅga context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience within Dvārakāmāhātmya frame (implied)
Scene: Prahlāda narrates; the daitya, chastened, addresses Kṛṣṇa with folded hands, admitting he transgressed the inviolable Śiva-liṅga and was therefore slain; the mood is penitential and instructive.
FAQs
Deliberate disrespect to sacred symbols (liṅga) is portrayed as spiritually ruinous, while acknowledgement and humility open the way to grace.
Dvārakā is the māhātmya setting; the liṅga connected with this episode becomes part of Dvārakā’s sacred topography.
No formal rite is prescribed, but a clear dharmic rule is implied: do not transgress or dishonor the Śiva-liṅga.