Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71
शूद्रान्न परिपुष्टांगः पर्वण्यहनि मैथुनी । पराङ्मुखो दैवपित्र्यकर्मण्येष दुरात्मवान्
śūdrānna paripuṣṭāṃgaḥ parvaṇyahani maithunī | parāṅmukho daivapitryakarmaṇyeṣa durātmavān
ശൂദ്രന്റെ അന്നം കഴിച്ച് ദേഹം പോഷിപ്പിച്ച് അവൻ പർവ്വദിനങ്ങളിലും പുണ്യദിനങ്ങളിലും മൈഥുനത്തിൽ ഏർപ്പെടുമായിരുന്നു; ദേവ-പിതൃകർമ്മങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മുഖം തിരിഞ്ഞ ദുഷ്ടാത്മാവ്।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A man, well-fed yet spiritually hollow, ignores a small household altar and a pitṛ-offering setup; outside, festival sounds occur while he indulges in sensuality—depicting neglect of deva-pitṛ duties.
FAQs
Disregard for sacred observances and neglect of duties to gods and ancestors is portrayed as serious adharma.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting, though the verse itself is a moral indictment rather than tīrtha-stuti.
Implicitly, it upholds daiva-karman (rites to the gods) and pitṛ-karman (ancestral rites) and restraint on sacred days.