Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56
नाशुचिं स्त्रियमीक्षेत तेज स्कामो द्विजोत्तमः । असंतर्प्य पितॄन्देवान्नाद्यादन्नं च कुत्रचित्
nāśuciṃ striyamīkṣeta teja skāmo dvijottamaḥ | asaṃtarpya pitṝndevānnādyādannaṃ ca kutracit
ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമാ! തേജസ്സിനെ സംരക്ഷിക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവൻ അശുചിയായ സ്ത്രീയെ നോക്കരുത്. പിതൃകളെയും ദേവന്മാരെയും തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്താതെ എവിടെയും അന്നം കഴിക്കരുത്।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Brāhma Khaṇḍa/Dharma instruction context)
Listener: dvijoत्तम (addressed)
Scene: A dvija sits before a meal; first he offers water and small portions to devas and pitṛs (tarpaṇa gesture), then begins eating; the setting suggests a tīrtha rest-house or āśrama.
FAQs
Purity of conduct and reverence for gods and ancestors are prerequisites for preserving tejas and living according to Purāṇic dharma.
This verse is a dharma-ācāra injunction within the Dharmāraṇya section; it does not directly praise a named tīrtha in this single śloka.
To perform tarpaṇa/offerings that satisfy the Pitṛs and Devas before taking food (a nitya-karma discipline connected with śauca and proper eating).