Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
उच्छिष्टा याः प्रसर्पंति रमन्ते च स्वपंति च । तासां गर्भः समस्तानां युष्माकं भोज नाय वै
ucchiṣṭā yāḥ prasarpaṃti ramante ca svapaṃti ca | tāsāṃ garbhaḥ samastānāṃ yuṣmākaṃ bhoja nāya vai
အစာကျန်အညစ်အကြေးကြောင့် မသန့်ရှင်းသော မိန်းမတို့သည် လှည့်လည်သွားလာ၍ ကစားပျော်ပါးကာ အိပ်ပျော်နေကြသော်၊ ထိုသူတို့အားလုံး၏ သန္ဓေကလေးတို့သည် သင်တို့အတွက် အစာအဖြစ် သတ်မှတ်ထားသည်ဟု အမှန်ပင် ဖြစ်၏။
Unspecified (deduced: a narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, instructing/declaring in a māhātmya context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A household courtyard: a woman with remnants of food/uncleansed hands moving about; shadowy graha figures hovering near the womb area as symbolic threat; a water pot and cleansing space highlighted as remedy.
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It warns that ignoring purity (śauca) and indulging in careless conduct leads to severe, fearful consequences, reinforcing dharmic restraint.
The verse occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (a tīrtha-glorification unit), but this single shloka does not name a specific site.
An implicit prescription of śauca: avoid remaining in ucchiṣṭa/impure condition and maintain disciplined conduct.
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