Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67
षष्ठकालात्परं शूद्रस्तपः कुर्याद्यथा क्वचित् । राष्ट्रहानिस्तदा ज्ञेया राज्ञश्चोपद्रवो महान्
ṣaṣṭhakālātparaṃ śūdrastapaḥ kuryādyathā kvacit | rāṣṭrahānistadā jñeyā rājñaścopadravo mahān
ಶೂದ್ರನು ಯಾವ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಾದರೂ ಷಷ್ಠಕಾಲದ ಮಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಮೀರಿ ತಪಸ್ಸು ಮಾಡಿದರೆ, ಅದು ರಾಜ್ಯಹಾನಿಯ ಸೂಚನೆ; ರಾಜನಿಗೆ ಮಹಾ ಉಪದ್ರವವೆಂದು ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕು.
Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cautionary tableau: a pilgrim attempting severe austerity while ominous signs—darkened sky, distressed courtiers—suggest impending trouble for the realm.
FAQs
Pilgrimage and austerity should follow prescribed dharma; disorderly practice is portrayed as socially destabilizing.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), discussed within its Māhātmya section.
A restriction on undertaking tapas beyond a stated limit (‘ṣaṣṭhakāla’), framed as a dharmic boundary.