Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85
व्यंजनैर्हन्ति वै पुत्रान्कुलं हन्यात्पयोधरा । गतिमिष्टां तथा लोकान्हंति सा रजसा पितुः
vyaṃjanairhanti vai putrānkulaṃ hanyātpayodharā | gatimiṣṭāṃ tathā lokānhaṃti sā rajasā pituḥ
By improper delicacies she destroys the sons; by her breasts—meaning sensual entanglement—she ruins the family line. By the impurity of her menses she obstructs the father’s desired course and the worlds he seeks through dharma.
Unspecified in the snippet (context: Śiva instructing Pārvatī in Śrāddhakalpa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: A moral allegory tableau: a household lineage tree withering as indulgence and impurity are personified; a father’s ritual path (a luminous road to higher lokas) is shown obstructed by a dark veil labeled rajas/impurity, while a sage points in admonition.
FAQs
Śrāddha and pitṛ-related rites are portrayed as highly purity-sensitive; indulgence and impurity are said to obstruct spiritual welfare and lineage stability.
The broader context is Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya), though this verse itself is a dharma/eligibility warning within the Śrāddha section.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it frames consequences connected to purity and conduct relevant to śrāddha and pitṛ-kārya.