Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50
न ज्ञायते कुलं यस्य बीजशुद्धिं विना ततः । तस्य खादन्पिबन्वापि साधुः सीदति तत्क्षणात्
na jñāyate kulaṃ yasya bījaśuddhiṃ vinā tataḥ | tasya khādanpibanvāpi sādhuḥ sīdati tatkṣaṇāt
جس شخص کا خاندان معلوم نہ ہو—جب تک اس کے اصل کی پاکیزگی کی تحقیق نہ کر لی جائے—تو اس کے کھانے پینے سے ایک نیک آدمی بھی فوراً مصیبت میں پڑ جاتا ہے۔
Unspecified (context suggests a Purāṇic narrator in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Listener: Nara
Scene: A didactic moment: Kālabhīti cites a rule—an image of a righteous ascetic inadvertently eating/drinking and immediately suffering misfortune, shown as a cautionary tableau.
FAQs
Purity and discernment in accepting food/water are treated as immediate moral consequences in Dharma.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it focuses on conduct (ācāra) rather than sacred geography.
A cautionary rule about eating/drinking from questionable sources; no specific vrata, snāna, or dāna is stated.