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
Wika ni Prahlāda: O mga dvija, nang marinig ang mga salita ni Bṛhaspati tungkol sa banal na tīrtha na ito, nanginig ang lahat ng mga deva dahil sa takot na nagmumula sa pakikihalubilo sa mga mleccha.
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.