Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
सहस्रकृत्वस्तस्यैव भुक्तेऽन्ने यत्फलं भवेत् । तदन्त्यजानामन्नेन सकृद्भुक्तेन वै भवेत्
sahasrakṛtvastasyaiva bhukte'nne yatphalaṃ bhavet | tadantyajānāmannena sakṛdbhuktena vai bhavet
และผลที่เกิดจากการกินอาหารนั้นถึงพันครั้ง ย่อมเกิดขึ้นแน่นอนเพียงด้วยการกินครั้งเดียวซึ่งอาหารของพวกอันตยะชะ ผู้ถูกถือว่าอยู่นอกระเบียบสังคม.
Narrative voice in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (contextual Purāṇic instruction; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A final rung in a moral ladder: a pilgrim climbs steps labeled with prior prohibitions; the top step is marked 'antyaja-anna' as a single step that drops the pilgrim into a shadowed pit, while the Prabhāsa shrine remains a steady beacon, implying the need for discipline to reach it.
FAQs
The text intensifies its warning by ranking consequences, urging strict discipline in what a pilgrim accepts as food.
Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a place where purity and restraint are integral to pilgrimage merit.
None directly; it is a doctrinal warning about food-source purity.