Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
प्रह्लाद उवाच । श्रुत्वा बृहस्पतेर्वाक्यमेतत्तीर्थस्य भो द्विजाः । प्रकंपिताः सुराः सर्वे म्लेच्छ संसर्गजाद्भयात्
prahlāda uvāca | śrutvā bṛhaspatervākyametattīrthasya bho dvijāḥ | prakaṃpitāḥ surāḥ sarve mleccha saṃsargajādbhayāt
പ്രഹ്ലാദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദ്വിജന്മാരേ! ഈ തീർത്ഥത്തെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ബൃഹസ്പതിയുടെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ടപ്പോൾ, മ്ലേച്ഛസംസർഗ്ഗജന്യമായ ഭയത്താൽ എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരും വിറച്ചു।
Prahlāda
Tirtha: (Unnamed here) tīrtha being discussed in Dvārakā-māhātmya
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijāḥ (twice-born sages)
Scene: Prahlāda addressing assembled sages; in the background, devas—Indra and others—visibly shaken after hearing Bṛhaspati’s pronouncement about the tīrtha and Kali’s mleccha-saṅga fear.
FAQs
It stresses the perceived spiritual danger of corrupting association and sets up the urgency to seek a protected holy refuge.
The verse refers to “this tīrtha” without naming it here; the identification is expected in the surrounding narrative of Dvārakā Māhātmya.
None directly; it frames a concern about purity and association that often underlies tīrtha-seeking and vow-keeping.