Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
शूद्रान्नं शूद्रसंपर्कः शूद्रेण च सहासनम् । शूद्राज्ज्ञानागमश्चैव ज्वलंतमपि पातयेत्
śūdrānnaṃ śūdrasaṃparkaḥ śūdreṇa ca sahāsanam | śūdrājjñānāgamaścaiva jvalaṃtamapi pātayet
La comida recibida de un śūdra, la estrecha compañía de un śūdra, sentarse en el mismo asiento con un śūdra, y recibir de un śūdra la enseñanza como fuente autorizada de conocimiento: se dice que todo ello puede abatir incluso a quien arde luminoso en austeridad y pureza.
Unknown (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener within the Prabhāsa cycle)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Four symbolic vignettes: (1) accepting a bowl of food, (2) close companionship, (3) sharing a seat, (4) receiving instruction—each shown as a chain pulling down a radiant ascetic whose aura dims.
FAQs
It emphasizes safeguarding ritual and ethical purity through disciplined associations, diet, and sources of instruction.
The broader context is the glorification of Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya).
Avoidance-based prescriptions: restrictions regarding food, physical proximity, shared seating, and adopting instruction as authoritative.