Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71
कृषिजीवी श्लीपदी च सद्भिर्निन्दित एव च । औरभ्रिको माहिषिकः परपूर्वा पतिस्तथा । प्रेतनिर्यातकाश्चैव वर्जनीयाः प्रयत्नतः
kṛṣijīvī ślīpadī ca sadbhirnindita eva ca | aurabhriko māhiṣikaḥ parapūrvā patistathā | pretaniryātakāścaiva varjanīyāḥ prayatnataḥ
কৃষিজীৱী, হাতীৰ দৰে ভৰি থকা ৰোগী (গোদ ৰোগ), সজ্জনৰ দ্বাৰা নিন্দিত, মেষপালক, মহিঁষপালক, পুনৰ বিবাহিতা তিৰোতাৰ স্বামী আৰু প্ৰেত খেদোৱা ব্যক্তি—এওঁলোকক যত্ন সহকাৰে পৰিহাৰ কৰিব লাগে।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor at a śrāddha platform near the sea is guided by a learned brāhmaṇa; in the periphery stand a shepherd with flock, a buffalo-herd, a sick person, and a spirit-expeller with ritual paraphernalia—shown respectfully but outside the recipient space.
FAQs
In a tirtha-context, the purity of giving is guarded by discernment; donors are urged to avoid recipients deemed dharma-incompatible.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where even social and ritual details are taught to protect pilgrimage merit.
A direct instruction: such persons are ‘to be avoided with effort’ in the context of religious giving and communal rites.