Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62
प्रेष्यो ग्राम्यश्च राज्ञश्च कुनखी श्यावदंतकः । प्रतिरोद्धा गुरोश्चैव त्यक्ता ग्निर्वार्धुषिस्तथा
preṣyo grāmyaśca rājñaśca kunakhī śyāvadaṃtakaḥ | pratiroddhā guroścaiva tyaktā gnirvārdhuṣistathā
दासासारखा सेवक, ग्राम्य/अशिष्ट, राजसेवक, विकृत नखांचा, काळे दात असलेला, धर्मकर्मात अडथळा आणणारा, गुरुविरोधी, अग्निहोत्र सोडलेला आणि सावकार/सूदखोर—हेही वर्ज्य आहेत।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya discourse style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Householder-pilgrims performing pitṛ rites
Scene: A ritual boundary scene: the yajamāna and qualified brāhmaṇas inside; outside stand figures symbolizing exclusions—royal servant with insignia, menial with tools, usurer with ledger, a man turning away from a sacred fire, and a figure disrespecting a guru.
FAQs
Conduct opposed to dharma—especially guru-opposition and abandonment of sacred duties—undermines ritual fitness.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in whose māhātmya proper śrāddha conduct is taught.
A list of categories to avoid when selecting participants/recipients in śrāddha-related rites.