Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71
शूद्रान्न परिपुष्टांगः पर्वण्यहनि मैथुनी । पराङ्मुखो दैवपित्र्यकर्मण्येष दुरात्मवान्
śūdrānna paripuṣṭāṃgaḥ parvaṇyahani maithunī | parāṅmukho daivapitryakarmaṇyeṣa durātmavān
சூத்ரரின் அன்னத்தால் உடலைப் போஷித்து, பண்டிகை மற்றும் புனித நாட்களிலும் அவன் மைதுனத்தில் ஈடுபட்டான்; மேலும் தேவர்-பித்ரு கடமைகளிலிருந்து முகம் திருப்பிய தீயவன்.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A man, well-fed yet spiritually hollow, ignores a small household altar and a pitṛ-offering setup; outside, festival sounds occur while he indulges in sensuality—depicting neglect of deva-pitṛ duties.
FAQs
Disregard for sacred observances and neglect of duties to gods and ancestors is portrayed as serious adharma.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting, though the verse itself is a moral indictment rather than tīrtha-stuti.
Implicitly, it upholds daiva-karman (rites to the gods) and pitṛ-karman (ancestral rites) and restraint on sacred days.