Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
उपनिक्षेपधर्मेण शूद्रान्नं यः पचेद्द्विजः । अभोज्यं तद्भवेदन्नं स च विप्रः पतेदधः
upanikṣepadharmeṇa śūdrānnaṃ yaḥ paceddvijaḥ | abhojyaṃ tadbhavedannaṃ sa ca vipraḥ patedadhaḥ
اگر کوئی دِویج ‘اوپنِکشےپ دھرم’ کے بہانے شودر کا اَنّ پکائے تو وہ اَنّ ناقابلِ تناول ہو جاتا ہے، اور وہ برہمن سَدادھرم سے گر پڑتا ہے۔
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brāhmaṇa cook in a pilgrimage kitchen receives grain ‘as a deposit’ from a śūdra patron; the food darkens symbolically, while a dharma-personified figure turns away, indicating loss of ritual fitness.
FAQs
Dharma is not merely technical; using loopholes or pretexts in purity-sensitive rites is condemned as spiritually degrading.
The instruction is situated within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya’s śrāddha teaching, not a separate tīrtha description.
Avoid cooking/handling prohibited food under pretexts; such food is declared abhojya and leads to ritual/spiritual downfall.