Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
उपनिक्षेपधर्मेण शूद्रान्नं यः पचेद्द्विजः । अभोज्यं तद्भवेदन्नं स च विप्रः पतेदधः
upanikṣepadharmeṇa śūdrānnaṃ yaḥ paceddvijaḥ | abhojyaṃ tadbhavedannaṃ sa ca vipraḥ patedadhaḥ
‘ഉപനിക്ഷേപ-ധർമ്മം’ എന്ന മറവിൽ ഏതൊരു ദ്വിജൻ ശൂദ്രാന്നം പാകം ചെയ്യുമോ, ആ അന്നം അഭോജ്യമാകുന്നു; ആ വിപ്രൻ സദാചാരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പതിച്ച് അധോഗതിയെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brāhmaṇa cook in a pilgrimage kitchen receives grain ‘as a deposit’ from a śūdra patron; the food darkens symbolically, while a dharma-personified figure turns away, indicating loss of ritual fitness.
FAQs
Dharma is not merely technical; using loopholes or pretexts in purity-sensitive rites is condemned as spiritually degrading.
The instruction is situated within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya’s śrāddha teaching, not a separate tīrtha description.
Avoid cooking/handling prohibited food under pretexts; such food is declared abhojya and leads to ritual/spiritual downfall.