Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62
प्रेष्यो ग्राम्यश्च राज्ञश्च कुनखी श्यावदंतकः । प्रतिरोद्धा गुरोश्चैव त्यक्ता ग्निर्वार्धुषिस्तथा
preṣyo grāmyaśca rājñaśca kunakhī śyāvadaṃtakaḥ | pratiroddhā guroścaiva tyaktā gnirvārdhuṣistathā
یہ بھی قابلِ ترک ہیں: خادم و نوکر، دیہاتی/بدتہذیب شخص، بادشاہ کی ملازمت کرنے والا، بدشکل ناخن والا، سیاہ دانت والا، نیک کاموں میں رکاوٹ ڈالنے والا، استاد کا مخالف، مقدس آگوں کو چھوڑ دینے والا، اور سود خور۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya discourse style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Householder-pilgrims performing pitṛ rites
Scene: A ritual boundary scene: the yajamāna and qualified brāhmaṇas inside; outside stand figures symbolizing exclusions—royal servant with insignia, menial with tools, usurer with ledger, a man turning away from a sacred fire, and a figure disrespecting a guru.
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Conduct opposed to dharma—especially guru-opposition and abandonment of sacred duties—undermines ritual fitness.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in whose māhātmya proper śrāddha conduct is taught.
A list of categories to avoid when selecting participants/recipients in śrāddha-related rites.