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
‘جس سُوت کو میں نے گرا دیا وہ برہمن کے آسن پر بیٹھا تھا؛ اور یہ سب دِویج برہمن مجھے دیکھتے ہی واقعی نکل گئے ہیں۔’
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.