Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 115
अधार्मिका जनास्तेषामा जीवो विहितः पुरा । वर्णाश्रमाचारहीनाः कारुशिल्पिजनास्तथा
adhārmikā janāsteṣāmā jīvo vihitaḥ purā | varṇāśramācārahīnāḥ kāruśilpijanāstathā
“Sejak dahulu telah ditetapkan bahawa rezeki mereka datang daripada orang-orang yang tidak berpegang pada dharma—mereka yang kehilangan tata tertib varṇa dan āśrama, dan demikian juga daripada para tukang serta pengrajin yang jatuh akhlaknya.”
Unspecified first-person narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (contextual narrator)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Didactic tableau: on one side disciplined pilgrims with clean attire and offerings; on the other, figures engaged in theft/deceit and impure conduct, with shadowy piśācas drawing sustenance from their aura.
FAQs
It warns that adharma and abandonment of disciplined conduct invite harmful influences and degraded outcomes.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where dharmic norms are reinforced through narrative consequences.
No specific rite; the verse frames ethical conduct (ācāra) as a protective, sustaining principle.