Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70
दैवे च पितृ श्राद्धे चाप्याशौचं जायते यदा । आशौचान्तेऽथवा तत्र तेभ्यः श्राद्धं प्रदीयते
daive ca pitṛ śrāddhe cāpyāśaucaṃ jāyate yadā | āśaucānte'thavā tatra tebhyaḥ śrāddhaṃ pradīyate
หากในคราวบูชาแด่เทวะ หรือระหว่างพิธีศราทธะแด่บรรพชน เกิดอาศौจะ (ความไม่บริสุทธิ์ตามพิธี) ขึ้นแล้ว เมื่ออาศौจะสิ้นสุด หรือกระทำ ณ ที่นั้นตามแบบพิธี ก็พึงถวายศราทธะแด่ปิตฤทั้งหลายโดยชอบธรรม.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic Māhātmya style within Prabhāsakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual moment interrupted: messenger brings news of impurity; the officiant gestures to pause; later, the same altar scene resumes after purification, indicating continuity of dharma.
FAQs
Maintain dharmic continuity in Pitṛ-rites: if impurity intervenes, complete the śrāddha properly at the appropriate time rather than abandoning it.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a sacred setting where śrāddha and ancestral rites gain heightened merit.
If āśauca arises during daiva or pitṛ-śrāddha, the śrāddha should be offered after āśauca ends (or as directed within the rite’s context).