Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65
कूटसाक्ष्यप्रदो यश्च यश्च न्यासापहारकः । बालस्त्रीघातको विप्रः संध्यास्नानविवर्जितः
kūṭasākṣyaprado yaśca yaśca nyāsāpahārakaḥ | bālastrīghātako vipraḥ saṃdhyāsnānavivarjitaḥ
Qu’il s’agisse de celui qui rend un faux témoignage, ou de celui qui dérobe un dépôt confié, ou de celui qui tue un enfant ou une femme ; même le brāhmane qui néglige les rites de saṃdhyā et le bain rituel—
Unknown (Prabhāsakhaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Tirtha: Dāmodara–Raivataka / Svarṇarekhā / Vastrāpatha circuit (continued)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A courtroom-like scene of false testimony and a deposit being stolen is juxtaposed with a penitent brāhmaṇa who has neglected sandhyā; the narrative then turns toward the riverbank where purification is sought.
FAQs
Dharma is both moral and ritual: truthfulness, non-violence, and daily disciplines like saṃdhyā and snāna are treated as spiritually consequential.
This belongs to the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya in Prabhāsa, commonly framing the tīrtha as a purifier of even severe wrongdoing.
It references the obligation of saṃdhyā observance and bathing (saṃdhyā-snāna), here mentioned via its neglect.