Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
यच्छ्राद्धं सूकरः पश्येन्नारी वाथ रजस्वला । कौलेयकोऽथ वालेयस्तत्सर्वं ते भविष्यति
yacchrāddhaṃ sūkaraḥ paśyennārī vātha rajasvalā | kauleyako'tha vāleyastatsarvaṃ te bhaviṣyati
いかなるシュラーダ（śrāddha）も、猪に見られ、あるいは月経中の女に見られ、または犬（卑しい種の犬や野良犬）に見られるなら、その一切の瑕疵は汝のシュラーダに帰する。
Brahmā (continuation from prior verse context)
Type: ghat
Listener: Rākṣasa (implied continuing interlocutor)
Scene: A śrāddha scene where the performer guards the ritual space: darbha-lined area, offerings set; at the periphery a dog/boar approaches and is gently turned away; the atmosphere is tense but controlled, emphasizing ritual boundary.
FAQs
Śrāddha should be protected from impurity and disturbance; attentiveness to ritual setting safeguards the rite’s sanctity.
No named tīrtha here; the verse is procedural guidance within a tīrtha-māhātmya discourse.
Avoid allowing śrāddha to be observed/disturbed by inauspicious beings or conditions associated with ritual impurity.
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