Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
यो गां स्पृशति पादेन ब्राह्मणं पावकं तथा । तेन पापेन लिप्यामि यद्यहं नागमे पुनः
yo gāṃ spṛśati pādena brāhmaṇaṃ pāvakaṃ tathā | tena pāpena lipyāmi yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ
Wenn ich nicht wiederkehre, möge mich die Sünde dessen beflecken, der eine Kuh mit dem Fuß berührt—ebenso die Sünde, einen Brāhmaṇa und das heilige Feuer zu berühren.
Kapilā (Cow)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience
Scene: Kapilā warns against the sin of touching with the foot: a cow, a brāhmaṇa, and sacred fire; the scene can show these three sanctities arranged as symbols—cow near a courtyard, brāhmaṇa near scriptures, agni in a kuṇḍa—while Kapilā gestures in caution.
FAQs
Reverence toward sacred supports of dharma (cow, brāhmaṇa, fire) is emphasized; the vow binds truth to purity and respect.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it belongs to the Arbuda narrative context.
Implicitly, it upholds purity etiquette (not disrespecting cow, brāhmaṇa, agni), but no explicit rite is prescribed.