Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54
व्रात्यता व्रतसंत्यागः सर्वाहारनिषेवणम् । असच्छास्त्राभिगमनं शुष्कतर्काव लंबनम्
vrātyatā vratasaṃtyāgaḥ sarvāhāraniṣevaṇam | asacchāstrābhigamanaṃ śuṣkatarkāva laṃbanam
ការរស់នៅដូចជាអ្នកក្រៅវិន័យវេដ ការបោះបង់វ្រតៈបរិសុទ្ធ ការញ៉ាំអាហារគ្រប់យ៉ាងដោយមិនរើស ការចូលទៅរកសាស្ត្រក្លែងក្លាយ និងការចងចិត្តលើតក្កវិជ្ជាស្ងួតឥតផ្លែ—ទាំងនេះត្រូវបានបន្ទោសថាជាវិថីជីវិតមិនបរិសុទ្ធ។
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: A pilgrim at a crossroads chooses a path marked ‘śāstra’ and ‘vrata’ while turning away from a gaudy path labeled ‘asacchāstra’ and ‘śuṣka-tarka’; a simple meal and vow-thread symbolize discipline; a temple silhouette beckons ahead.
FAQs
Dharma is sustained by vows, discernment, and right teaching; abandoning them leads to impurity and spiritual decline.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it lays general ethical foundations used throughout Skanda Purāṇa’s māhātmya sections.
It implies preserving vratas and rejecting adharma; no specific dāna/snānā/japa is prescribed in this line.