Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
तथा संचयनश्राद्धे जातिजन्मकृतं नृणाम् । मृत शय्याप्रतिग्राही वेदस्यैव च विक्रयी । ब्रह्मस्वहारी च नरस्तस्य शुद्धिर्न विद्यते
tathā saṃcayanaśrāddhe jātijanmakṛtaṃ nṛṇām | mṛta śayyāpratigrāhī vedasyaiva ca vikrayī | brahmasvahārī ca narastasya śuddhirna vidyate
وكذلك في سَمْجَيَنَ-شِرادها (شِرادها جمع العظام) تُراعى بعض الدَّنَسَات الناشئة من الطبقة والمولد عند الناس. أمّا من يقبل سرير الميت، ومن يبيع الفيدا، ومن يسرق ما يخصّ البراهمة—فلا طهارة له.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A somber śrāddha setting at Prabhāsa: a priest rejects tainted gifts; three shadowy vignettes depict (1) a man taking a dead person’s bed, (2) a man selling Vedic manuscripts, (3) a man stealing a brahmin’s property—each surrounded by dark, unpurified aura.
FAQs
Certain acts—commodifying sacred knowledge and stealing brahmin property—are portrayed as spiritually catastrophic and beyond ordinary expiation.
The moral code is taught within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s Māhātmya, reinforcing the sanctity expected in that pilgrimage sphere.
It references saṃcayana-śrāddha and discusses purity/expiation limits for specific grave offenses.