Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
अश्राद्धेयो ह्यपांक्तेयो नागराणां विशेषतः
aśrāddheyo hyapāṃkteyo nāgarāṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ
সে শ্রাদ্ধ গ্রহণের অযোগ্য এবং ভোজনপংক্তিতে বসারও অযোগ্য—বিশেষত নাগরদের মধ্যে।
Unspecified (same authority figure; normative dharma statement)
Tirtha: Nāgara-kṣetra (community dharma sphere)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nāgara brāhmaṇa assembly (implied)
Scene: A śrāddha setting with offerings and seated brāhmaṇas in a dining row; one figure is shown respectfully kept aside, indicating ‘apāṅkteya’ status; the mood is corrective rather than cruel.
FAQs
Ritual privileges are tied to conduct; violating dharma results in loss of eligibility for sacred communal rites.
No site is mentioned; the verse defines ritual status within the Nāgara community context.
Exclusion from śrāddha participation and from the communal dining row (pañkti).
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