Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
अकृतस्नान एवाऽहं दृष्टो दैत्यैर्दुरासदैः । गले गृहीतः कृष्णाहं मुष्टिभिस्ताडितस्तथा
akṛtasnāna evā'haṃ dṛṣṭo daityairdurāsadaiḥ | gale gṛhītaḥ kṛṣṇāhaṃ muṣṭibhistāḍitastathā
நான் இன்னும் சடங்கு நீராடல் செய்யாத நிலையில் இருந்தபோதே, வெல்ல இயலாத தைத்யர்கள் என்னைக் கண்டனர். ஹே கிருஷ்ணா! அவர்கள் என் கழுத்தைப் பிடித்து, குத்துகளால் அடித்தனர்।
Durvāsas (implied; the narrative immediately names him in the next adhyāya)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kṛṣṇa (addressed as Krishna in translation context)
Scene: Before completing his bath, Durvāsā is spotted by fierce daityas; they seize his throat and pummel him, contrasting ascetic radiance with brutal force at the edge of sacred waters.
FAQs
Even a great ascetic faces obstacles; steadfastness in dharmic observance (like snāna) and refuge in the Lord remain the remedy.
Dvārakā’s sacred sphere (Dvārakā-māhātmya), where devotion to Kṛṣṇa frames the events.
Snāna is implied as a required observance—he is attacked specifically while still “unbathed,” highlighting the priority of ritual purity in vrata practice.