Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
दुर्वासा उवाच । मुक्त्वा श्राद्धं तथा यज्ञं न मांसं भक्षयेद्द्विजः । विशेषेण व्रतस्यांते चातुर्मास्योद्भवस्य च
durvāsā uvāca | muktvā śrāddhaṃ tathā yajñaṃ na māṃsaṃ bhakṣayeddvijaḥ | viśeṣeṇa vratasyāṃte cāturmāsyodbhavasya ca
دُروَاسا نے کہا: شرادھ اور یَجْن کے سوا کوئی دِوِج (دو بار جنما) گوشت نہ کھائے؛ خاص طور پر ورت کے اختتام پر، اور بالخصوص چاتُرمَاسْیَ کے ورت سے متعلق موقع پر۔
Durvāsā
Listener: Unnamed king (implied)
Scene: Durvāsā speaks with authoritative calm, one hand raised in instruction; the king listens with folded hands. A symbolic calendar/monsoon cloud motif hints at Cāturmāsya discipline.
FAQs
Vrata-dharma requires restraint; violating dietary discipline, especially at vow’s completion, undermines spiritual merit.
The verse functions as dharma-instruction within a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative; the focus is on vrata purity rather than a named tīrtha.
Avoid meat for dvijas, with stated exceptions tied to śrāddha and yajña; be especially strict at the end of Cāturmāsya-related vows.