Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92
ब्राह्मणानृत्विजः सर्वान्सावित्री ह्यशपत्तदा
brāhmaṇānṛtvijaḥ sarvānsāvitrī hyaśapattadā
បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះនាង សាវិត្រី បានដាក់បណ្តាសា ដល់ព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍ទាំងអស់ ដែលបម្រើជាព្រះបូជាចារ្យ។
Unspecified (contextual: narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-audience (contextual)
Scene: Sāvitrī, radiant and stern, pronounces a curse upon assembled brāhmaṇa-ṛtvijas in a yajña hall; priests recoil, ritual implements pause mid-action, and the atmosphere turns charged with sacred speech.
FAQs
Ritual authority without inner purity is censured; dharma demands integrity from religious leaders.
The verse occurs within the Prabhāsakṣetra māhātmya, which frames such events to heighten sacred-historical meaning.
It references ṛtvij priests (yajña context) but gives no specific prescription.