Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
पूयं चिकित्सकस्यान्नं पुंश्चल्याश्चान्नमिन्द्रियम् । विष्ठा वार्धुषिकस्यान्नं शस्त्रविक्रयिणो मलम्
pūyaṃ cikitsakasyānnaṃ puṃścalyāścānnamindriyam | viṣṭhā vārdhuṣikasyānnaṃ śastravikrayiṇo malam
طبیب کا کھانا گویا پیپ کے مانند ہے؛ اور بدکار عورت کا کھانا حواس کے زوال کے مانند۔ سودخور کا کھانا گویا گندگی (پاخانہ) کے برابر ہے؛ اور ہتھیار بیچنے والے کا کھانا میل کچیل کے مانند ہے۔
Narrative voice in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (contextual Purāṇic instruction; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic moral allegory: a pilgrim is offered bowls labeled 'vaidya', 'veśyā', 'vārddhuṣika', 'śastra-vikraya'; each bowl emits a dark haze shaped like pus/excrement/filth, while a bright śiva-liṅga lamp remains pure, inviting the pilgrim toward restraint.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma warns that livelihood and intention behind food matter; unethical trades are portrayed as spiritually contaminating.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where strict ācāra (conduct) is taught as part of the site’s māhātmya.
It conveys prohibitions (what not to accept/eat), not a specific ritual.