Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
तथा संचयनश्राद्धे जातिजन्मकृतं नृणाम् । मृत शय्याप्रतिग्राही वेदस्यैव च विक्रयी । ब्रह्मस्वहारी च नरस्तस्य शुद्धिर्न विद्यते
tathā saṃcayanaśrāddhe jātijanmakṛtaṃ nṛṇām | mṛta śayyāpratigrāhī vedasyaiva ca vikrayī | brahmasvahārī ca narastasya śuddhirna vidyate
De même, lors du saṃcayana-śrāddha (rite de collecte des ossements), on tient compte de certaines souillures issues de la caste et de la naissance des hommes. Mais pour celui qui accepte le lit d’un mort, qui vend le Veda et qui dérobe les biens des brāhmanes—il n’est point de purification.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A somber śrāddha setting at Prabhāsa: a priest rejects tainted gifts; three shadowy vignettes depict (1) a man taking a dead person’s bed, (2) a man selling Vedic manuscripts, (3) a man stealing a brahmin’s property—each surrounded by dark, unpurified aura.
FAQs
Certain acts—commodifying sacred knowledge and stealing brahmin property—are portrayed as spiritually catastrophic and beyond ordinary expiation.
The moral code is taught within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s Māhātmya, reinforcing the sanctity expected in that pilgrimage sphere.
It references saṃcayana-śrāddha and discusses purity/expiation limits for specific grave offenses.