Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49
ततः प्रपतिता भूमौ द्विजास्ते सहसा पुनः । अभक्ष्यभक्षणात्ते वै ब्राह्मणा मांसभक्षणात्
tataḥ prapatitā bhūmau dvijāste sahasā punaḥ | abhakṣyabhakṣaṇātte vai brāhmaṇā māṃsabhakṣaṇāt
પછી તે દ્વિજ બ્રાહ્મણો અચાનક ફરી ધરતી પર પડી ગયા; કારણ કે તેમણે અભક્ષ્ય ભક્ષણ કર્યું હતું—માંસ ખાધું હતું।
Narrator (contextual; later explicitly Śiva speaks in v.58)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: The brāhmaṇas, having risen, suddenly collapse to the ground, stricken by the consequence of having unknowingly eaten meat concealed among permitted foods.
FAQs
Violation of dharma—especially eating what is declared abhakṣya—brings immediate spiritual and bodily downfall.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), presented as a sacred landscape where dharma and impurity are starkly contrasted.
No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse functions as a dharmic warning against consuming abhakṣya (forbidden food).
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