Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49
सीमांते मां तु प्रक्षिप्य प्रोचुस्ते दानवाधमाः । हनिष्यामो यदि पुनरागंतासि न संशयः
sīmāṃte māṃ tu prakṣipya procuste dānavādhamāḥ | haniṣyāmo yadi punarāgaṃtāsi na saṃśayaḥ
సీమాంతమున నన్ను తోసివేసి ఆ నీచ దానవులు పలికిరి—నీవు మళ్లీ వస్తే నిన్ను చంపుదుము; ఇందులో సందేహము లేదు।
Durvāsas (implied from context)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (kṣetra boundary)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kṛṣṇa
Scene: At the edge of the sacred precinct, daityas hurl Durvāsā out and issue a death threat should he return, with the boundary line visually emphasized between sanctified space and wilderness.
FAQs
Adversaries may threaten dharma, but such threats become the backdrop for divine protection and the eventual triumph of righteous observance.
Dvārakā’s sacred region is the implied setting; the “boundary” highlights the sanctified jurisdiction of the holy kṣetra.
No direct prescription here; it continues the narrative obstacle that interrupts the speaker’s intended snāna and vrata.