Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
अग्निहोत्री तु यो विप्रः शूद्रान्नान्न निवर्तते । एते तस्य प्रणश्यंति आत्मा ब्रह्म त्रयोऽग्नयः
agnihotrī tu yo vipraḥ śūdrānnānna nivartate | ete tasya praṇaśyaṃti ātmā brahma trayo'gnayaḥ
لیکن وہ وِپْر (برہمن) جو اگنی ہوترا قائم رکھتا ہے اور پھر بھی شودر کے کھانے سے باز نہیں آتا، اس کے لیے یہ تینوں فنا ہو جاتے ہیں: اس کی آتما، اس کا برہما-تیج (مقدس قوت)، اور تین مقدس آگیں۔
Antyaja (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Vedic householder before three fires; a shadowy impurity motif approaches as he accepts questionable food, and the fires dim—symbolizing loss of tejas.
FAQs
Ritual practice is portrayed as inseparable from disciplined conduct; violating the rule undermines one’s sacred potency and rites.
The instruction is embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking ritual discipline to the sanctity of Prabhāsa.
Agnihotra is referenced; the prescription is to refrain from the stated forbidden food to preserve the sanctity of the fires and rite.