Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
विप्रयोनिं समासाद्य संकरं परिवर्जयेत् । मानुष्यं दुर्लभं लोके ब्राह्मण्यमधिकं ततः
viprayoniṃ samāsādya saṃkaraṃ parivarjayet | mānuṣyaṃ durlabhaṃ loke brāhmaṇyamadhikaṃ tataḥ
Setelah terlahir dalam garis brahmana, hendaknya seseorang menjauhi saṅkara (percampuran/ pergaulan yang merosotkan). Kelahiran sebagai manusia itu langka di dunia, dan brahmanahood lebih langka lagi serta lebih luhur darinya.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa pilgrim at Prabhāsa stands near a tīrtha-ghāṭa, turning away from a disorderly crowd; a calm teacher-figure gestures toward a śāstra palm-leaf and the sacred waters, emphasizing restraint and purity.
FAQs
Rare spiritual opportunity (human/brāhmaṇa birth) should be protected through disciplined associations and conduct.
The counsel is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, where sanctity is upheld by strict dharma.
No specific rite; it prescribes avoidance of saṅkara as a rule of life.