Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
शूद्रान्नेनोदरस्थेन ब्राह्मणो म्रियते यदि । स प्रेतो जायते राजन्यद्यपि स्यात्षडंगवित्
śūdrānnenodarasthena brāhmaṇo mriyate yadi | sa preto jāyate rājanyadyapi syātṣaḍaṃgavit
O König, wenn ein Brahmane stirbt, während sich noch von einem Shudra empfangene Speise in seinem Magen befindet, wird er zu einem Preta, selbst wenn er die sechs Glieder des Veda kennt.
Unspecified in snippet (likely the respondent/teacher addressing the King)
Listener: rājan (king)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa scholar with manuscripts lies at the point of death; a bowl of food nearby symbolizes transgressive intake; a preta-shadow rises from the body while a king listens in concern.
FAQs
Scriptural learning alone is not presented as sufficient; adherence to prescribed purity disciplines is also emphasized as karmically decisive.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
An implied rule of anna-śuddhi (purity of food) and carefulness about what one consumes, especially at life’s end.