Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
शूद्रान्नेन द्विजो यस्तु अग्निहोत्रं जुहोति च । चण्डालो जायते प्रेत्य शूद्राच्चैवेह दैवतः
śūdrānnena dvijo yastu agnihotraṃ juhoti ca | caṇḍālo jāyate pretya śūdrāccaiveha daivataḥ
शूद्रान्नेन द्विजो यस्तु अग्निहोत्रं जुहोति च । प्रेत्य चाण्डालतां याति, इह देवता शूद्रतां व्रजेत् ॥
Antyaja (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A homa scene where the offering ladle touches a tainted bowl; the fire’s aura turns smoky; a symbolic caṇḍāla figure appears in the background as future consequence.
FAQs
The text links improper ritual materials with both worldly loss of sanctity and post-death karmic downfall.
The broader glorification is of Prabhāsakṣetra; this verse is a dharma-warning within that context.
Agnihotra is mentioned, alongside a prohibition against performing it with the stated improper sustenance/source.
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