Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
शूद्रान्नेन द्विजो यस्तु अग्निहोत्रं जुहोति च । चण्डालो जायते प्रेत्य शूद्राच्चैवेह दैवतः
śūdrānnena dvijo yastu agnihotraṃ juhoti ca | caṇḍālo jāyate pretya śūdrāccaiveha daivataḥ
وكذلك الدِّوِجَة (المولودُ مرّتَين) الذي يقدّم الأَغْنِيهوترا مستعمِلًا طعامَ الشودرَة—بعد الموت يُولَد تشاندالا؛ وفي هذا العالم أيضًا تصير «إلهيّتُه» الطقسية شودرَة، أي تُحَطُّ منزلتُها.
Antyaja (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A homa scene where the offering ladle touches a tainted bowl; the fire’s aura turns smoky; a symbolic caṇḍāla figure appears in the background as future consequence.
FAQs
The text links improper ritual materials with both worldly loss of sanctity and post-death karmic downfall.
The broader glorification is of Prabhāsakṣetra; this verse is a dharma-warning within that context.
Agnihotra is mentioned, alongside a prohibition against performing it with the stated improper sustenance/source.