Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
तत्कालोचितधर्मेण ये न सेवन्ति तां नराः । तेषां ब्रह्मघ्नजं पापं जायते नात्र संशयः
tatkālocitadharmeṇa ye na sevanti tāṃ narāḥ | teṣāṃ brahmaghnajaṃ pāpaṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
ആ സമയോചിതധർമ്മപ്രകാരം പോലും അവളെ (ഭാര്യയെ) സമീപിക്കാത്ത പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാജന്യമായ പാപം ഉണ്ടാകുന്നു—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.
Narrator of Revā Khaṇḍa (deduced; explicit speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā-mahātmya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata/Naroत्तम
Scene: The sage’s warning peaks: a moral thunderclap—neglect at the proper time generates sin comparable to brahma-slaughter; the listener appears shaken, the atmosphere charged.
FAQs
Neglect of a prescribed household duty is portrayed as spiritually dangerous, generating severe demerit.
No specific site is named in this verse; it belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader Narmadā-centered sacred geography.
An ethical prescription: follow the ‘time-appropriate dharma’ (tatkālocita-dharma) regarding ṛtukāla.