Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
ब्रह्मचारिणि यज्ञे च यतौ शिल्पिनि दीक्षिते । यज्ञे विवाहे सत्रे च सूतकं न कदाचन
brahmacāriṇi yajñe ca yatau śilpini dīkṣite | yajñe vivāhe satre ca sūtakaṃ na kadācana
Bagi brahmacārin (pelajar selibat), bagi yang sedang menjalankan yajña, bagi seorang yati (pertapa), bagi tukang yang sedang bekerja, dan bagi yang berada dalam dīkṣā—demikian juga ketika yajña, perkahwinan, atau satra—sūtaka tidak sekali-kali dikenakan.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Māhātmya sections)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A consecrated sacrificer continues a fire-ritual at Prabhāsa while messengers bring news of a death; elders instruct that the rite must proceed; nearby a wedding pavilion and a satra hall symbolize uninterrupted dharma.
FAQs
Sacred duties that sustain dharma—yajña, consecration, and marriage rites—are protected from disruption by ordinary impurity rules.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a dharma-centered pilgrimage landscape in this Māhātmya.
Sūtaka (birth/death impurity) is declared inapplicable in specified contexts such as yajña, vivāha, and satra, and for persons actively bound to these duties.