Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67
षष्ठकालात्परं शूद्रस्तपः कुर्याद्यथा क्वचित् । राष्ट्रहानिस्तदा ज्ञेया राज्ञश्चोपद्रवो महान्
ṣaṣṭhakālātparaṃ śūdrastapaḥ kuryādyathā kvacit | rāṣṭrahānistadā jñeyā rājñaścopadravo mahān
Jika seorang śūdra, dalam apa jua keadaan, melakukan tapa melampaui had yang ditetapkan (melebihi ‘waktu keenam’), hendaklah difahami itu sebagai tanda bencana bagi negeri dan penderitaan besar bagi raja.
Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cautionary tableau: a pilgrim attempting severe austerity while ominous signs—darkened sky, distressed courtiers—suggest impending trouble for the realm.
FAQs
Pilgrimage and austerity should follow prescribed dharma; disorderly practice is portrayed as socially destabilizing.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), discussed within its Māhātmya section.
A restriction on undertaking tapas beyond a stated limit (‘ṣaṣṭhakāla’), framed as a dharmic boundary.