Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
शूद्रान्नं मन्त्रसंयुक्तं यो विप्रो भक्षयेन्नृप । सोऽस्पृश्यः कर्मचाण्डालः स्पृष्ट्वा स्नानं समाचरेत्
śūdrānnaṃ mantrasaṃyuktaṃ yo vipro bhakṣayennṛpa | so'spṛśyaḥ karmacāṇḍālaḥ spṛṣṭvā snānaṃ samācaret
हे नृपा! मंत्रसंयुक्त शूद्राचे अन्न जो ब्राह्मण भक्षतो, तो कर्मचांडाळ होऊन अस्पृश्य ठरतो; त्यास स्पर्श केल्यावर शुद्धीस्नान करावे।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: The king (nṛpa)
Scene: A king listens as a sage explains purity rules; a Brahmin who has eaten prohibited food stands apart; nearby a riverbank scene shows a purificatory bath being undertaken after contact.
FAQs
Ritual life demands consistency between mantra-sacrality and personal conduct; misuse or transgression is treated as spiritually contaminating.
No holy site is named; the verse deals with purity rules within dharma instruction.
It prescribes snāna (purificatory bathing) after contact with a person deemed ‘aspṛśya’ due to the stated transgression.