Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
यच्छ्राद्धं सूकरः पश्येन्नारी वाथ रजस्वला । कौलेयकोऽथ वालेयस्तत्सर्वं ते भविष्यति
yacchrāddhaṃ sūkaraḥ paśyennārī vātha rajasvalā | kauleyako'tha vāleyastatsarvaṃ te bhaviṣyati
جو شرادھ کسی سور کے دیکھنے میں آ جائے، یا حیض والی عورت دیکھ لے، یا کتا—خواہ کمینے نسل کا ہو یا آوارہ—دیکھ لے، تو وہ سارا عیب تمہارے شرادھ پر آ لگے گا۔
Brahmā (continuation from prior verse context)
Type: ghat
Listener: Rākṣasa (implied continuing interlocutor)
Scene: A śrāddha scene where the performer guards the ritual space: darbha-lined area, offerings set; at the periphery a dog/boar approaches and is gently turned away; the atmosphere is tense but controlled, emphasizing ritual boundary.
FAQs
Śrāddha should be protected from impurity and disturbance; attentiveness to ritual setting safeguards the rite’s sanctity.
No named tīrtha here; the verse is procedural guidance within a tīrtha-māhātmya discourse.
Avoid allowing śrāddha to be observed/disturbed by inauspicious beings or conditions associated with ritual impurity.