Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31
खानपानादिकं सर्वं कार्यं तेन विवर्जयेत् । तस्य कन्या न दातव्या तत्संसर्गी च तादृशः
khānapānādikaṃ sarvaṃ kāryaṃ tena vivarjayet | tasya kanyā na dātavyā tatsaṃsargī ca tādṛśaḥ
Man meide mit ihm jeglichen Umgang, wie Essen und Trinken. Man gebe ihm die Tochter nicht zur Ehe, ebenso wenig einem, der mit ihm verkehrt und ihm gleich ist.
Narratorial voice (contextual dharma-instruction; explicit speaker not stated in this verse)
Scene: Household threshold scene: a family declines food-sharing with a censured man; elders counsel restraint; a marriage proposal is respectfully refused to protect kula-dharma.
FAQs
Association shapes character; dharma advises distancing from censured conduct to preserve social and spiritual integrity.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it is normative dharma guidance within the Dharmāraṇya section.
A social prescription is given: avoid commensality and marital alliance with the censured person and his close associates.