Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33
आगत्य सर्वान्विप्रांश्च धर्षयेद्धर्मवित्तमान् । शूद्रांश्च वणिजश्चैव दंडघातेन ताडयेत्
āgatya sarvānviprāṃśca dharṣayeddharmavittamān | śūdrāṃśca vaṇijaścaiva daṃḍaghātena tāḍayet
आगत्य सर्वान् विप्रांश्च धर्षयेद् धर्मवित्तमान् । शूद्रान् वणिजश्चैव दण्डघातैस्तु ताडयेत् ॥
Purāṇic narrator (contextual)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Lohāsura, holding a staff, terrorizes learned brāhmaṇas and strikes śūdras and merchants; the scene contrasts sacred calm with sudden brutality.
FAQs
Adharma targets the protectors of dharma and harms society broadly; righteous communities must guard against such oppression.
No specific tirtha is named; the verse depicts social disruption within the Dharmāraṇya narrative frame.
None; it describes prohibited conduct—harassment and violence—by an asuric figure.