Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 176
पिता मम ह्यधर्मिष्ठो यज्ञाद्युच्छित्तिकारकः । कस्मिन्स्थाने गतश्चासौ ज्ञेयं स्थानं कथं मया
pitā mama hyadharmiṣṭho yajñādyucchittikārakaḥ | kasminsthāne gataścāsau jñeyaṃ sthānaṃ kathaṃ mayā
“Ayahku sungguh sangat tidak berpegang pada dharma, pemusnah yajña dan kewajipan suci yang lain. Ke alam manakah dia telah pergi? Bagaimanakah aku dapat mengetahui tempat dia berada?”
Vainya (Pṛthu)
Tirtha: प्रभासक्षेत्र
Type: kshetra
Listener: शौनकादयः
Scene: राजा वैन्यः एकान्ते शिरः नमयन्, चिन्ताकुलः; पृष्ठभूमौ धूमिल-रूपेण पितृलोक/नरक-मार्ग-कल्पना, यज्ञाग्नि-नाश-प्रतीकं भग्न-वेदी।
FAQs
Obstructing yajña and dharmic observances is a grave adharma with consequences that even a righteous heir worries about.
The chapter belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, but this verse is a moral inquiry rather than a tīrtha eulogy.
It references yajña (sacrifice) in the negative—its destruction—without prescribing a specific rite.