Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71
कृषिजीवी श्लीपदी च सद्भिर्निन्दित एव च । औरभ्रिको माहिषिकः परपूर्वा पतिस्तथा । प्रेतनिर्यातकाश्चैव वर्जनीयाः प्रयत्नतः
kṛṣijīvī ślīpadī ca sadbhirnindita eva ca | aurabhriko māhiṣikaḥ parapūrvā patistathā | pretaniryātakāścaiva varjanīyāḥ prayatnataḥ
शेतीवर उपजीविका करणारा, श्लीपद (हत्तीपाय) रोगी, सज्जनांनी निंदिलेला; मेंढपाळ, म्हैसचारक, पूर्वी दुसऱ्याशी विवाह झालेल्या स्त्रीचा पती; आणि प्रेत काढणारे—हे सर्व प्रयत्नपूर्वक टाळावेत।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor at a śrāddha platform near the sea is guided by a learned brāhmaṇa; in the periphery stand a shepherd with flock, a buffalo-herd, a sick person, and a spirit-expeller with ritual paraphernalia—shown respectfully but outside the recipient space.
FAQs
In a tirtha-context, the purity of giving is guarded by discernment; donors are urged to avoid recipients deemed dharma-incompatible.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where even social and ritual details are taught to protect pilgrimage merit.
A direct instruction: such persons are ‘to be avoided with effort’ in the context of religious giving and communal rites.