Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71
कृषिजीवी श्लीपदी च सद्भिर्निन्दित एव च । औरभ्रिको माहिषिकः परपूर्वा पतिस्तथा । प्रेतनिर्यातकाश्चैव वर्जनीयाः प्रयत्नतः
kṛṣijīvī ślīpadī ca sadbhirnindita eva ca | aurabhriko māhiṣikaḥ parapūrvā patistathā | pretaniryātakāścaiva varjanīyāḥ prayatnataḥ
زراعت پر گزر بسر کرنے والا، فیل پا (ہاتھی پاؤں) کے مرض میں مبتلا، نیک لوگوں کی طرف سے مذمت کیا گیا، چرواہا، بھینسوں کا گلہ بان، بیوہ یا طلاق یافتہ عورت کا شوہر، اور بدروحوں کو نکالنے والے—ان سب سے احتیاط کے ساتھ پرہیز کرنا چاہیے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor at a śrāddha platform near the sea is guided by a learned brāhmaṇa; in the periphery stand a shepherd with flock, a buffalo-herd, a sick person, and a spirit-expeller with ritual paraphernalia—shown respectfully but outside the recipient space.
FAQs
In a tirtha-context, the purity of giving is guarded by discernment; donors are urged to avoid recipients deemed dharma-incompatible.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where even social and ritual details are taught to protect pilgrimage merit.
A direct instruction: such persons are ‘to be avoided with effort’ in the context of religious giving and communal rites.