Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
एकतः सर्वमांसानि मत्स्यमांसं तथैकतः । एकतः सर्वपापानि परदारास्तथैकतः
ekataḥ sarvamāṃsāni matsyamāṃsaṃ tathaikataḥ | ekataḥ sarvapāpāni paradārāstathaikataḥ
ฝ่ายหนึ่งคือเนื้อสัตว์ทั้งปวง อีกฝ่ายหนึ่งคือเนื้อปลาเพียงอย่างเดียว; ฝ่ายหนึ่งคือบาปทั้งสิ้น อีกฝ่ายหนึ่งคือบาปแห่งการเข้าใกล้ภรรยาผู้อื่นเพียงอย่างเดียว
Brāhmaṇas (continuing their denunciation)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A didactic tableau illustrating moral comparison: symbolic weighing—one side ‘all meats’ versus ‘fish meat’; one side ‘all sins’ versus ‘approaching another’s wife’—as the brāhmaṇas emphasize severity.
FAQs
Certain actions are singled out in dharma discourse as especially dangerous—here, prohibited consumption and sexual misconduct—demanding heightened restraint.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where ethical instruction is embedded within the pilgrimage narrative.
None; the verse is a moral classification rather than a ritual injunction.