Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
ब्रह्मासनगतो ह्येष यः सूतो विनिपातितः । तथा ह्येते द्विजाः सर्वे मामवेक्ष्य विनिर्गताः
brahmāsanagato hyeṣa yaḥ sūto vinipātitaḥ | tathā hyete dvijāḥ sarve māmavekṣya vinirgatāḥ
‘ഞാൻ വീഴ്ത്തിയ ആ സൂതൻ ബ്രാഹ്മ്യാസനത്തിൽ ഇരുന്നവനായിരുന്നു; ഈ എല്ലാ ദ്വിജരും എന്നെ കണ്ടതുമാത്രത്തിൽ തന്നെ പുറപ്പെട്ടു പോയിരിക്കുന്നു.’
Balarāma (Halāyudha), in self-reproach
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi audience / tīrtha-yātrins (implied)
Scene: Balarāma points mentally to the brahmāsana—an elevated seat—remembering the Sūta struck down upon it; brāhmaṇas are seen at a distance leaving, their backs turned.
FAQs
Violence against one associated with Brahminical sanctity is treated as extremely grave; the righteous distance themselves from such impurity.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the narrative teaches the weight of sacred norms and the need for purification.
Implicit: the inviolability of ‘brahmāsana’ (Brahminical seat) and the social-ritual response of sages withdrawing.