Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
आरोप्य शूद्रां शयने विप्रो गच्छेदधोगतिम् । उत्पाद्य पुत्रं शूद्रायां ब्राह्मण्यादेव हीयते
āropya śūdrāṃ śayane vipro gacchedadhogatim | utpādya putraṃ śūdrāyāṃ brāhmaṇyādeva hīyate
If a Brāhmaṇa places a Śūdra woman upon his bed, he goes to a lower state. And by begetting a son on a Śūdra woman, he falls away from his very brāhmaṇa-status.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cautionary allegory: a learned brāhmaṇa figure turning away from a dark temptation; below, a shadowy descent motif (adhogati) contrasted with a luminous path of dharma leading toward a temple spire.
FAQs
It warns that violating prescribed conduct leads to spiritual and social downfall as described by the text’s dharma code.
No sacred site is directly referenced in this verse.
No ritual is described; it states a prohibition and its karmic/social consequences.