Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
क्रकचेन तु छिद्यन्ते य इमे द्विजसत्तम । अभक्ष्यनिरता ह्येते स्वधर्मस्य विदूषकाः
krakacena tu chidyante ya ime dvijasattama | abhakṣyaniratā hyete svadharmasya vidūṣakāḥ
ഹേ ദ്വിജസത്തമാ! ഇവർ അരിവാളുപോലുള്ള അറകൊണ്ട് ചീന്തപ്പെടുന്നു—അഭക്ഷ്യം ഭക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിൽ ആസക്തരായി, സ്വന്തം ധർമ്മത്തെ മലിനമാക്കുന്നവർ।
Yama
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-sattama (addressed brāhmaṇa)
Scene: A didactic, otherworldly tableau: sinners who relish forbidden foods are shown being cut by saws, while a brāhmaṇa listener receives the warning in a sacred-kṣetra setting.
FAQs
Self-discipline in diet and conduct preserves dharma; indulging in prohibited acts corrodes one’s own spiritual order.
The instruction is embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, supporting the dharmic purity expected in a sacred kṣetra.
No specific rite; it implies adherence to āhāra-niyama (dietary restraints) as part of svadharma.