Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
ब्रह्मचारिणि यज्ञे च यतौ शिल्पिनि दीक्षिते । यज्ञे विवाहे सत्रे च सूतकं न कदाचन
brahmacāriṇi yajñe ca yatau śilpini dīkṣite | yajñe vivāhe satre ca sūtakaṃ na kadācana
برہماچاری، یَجْن میں مشغول شخص، یَتی، کام میں لگا ہوا ہنرمند، اور دِیکشِت—ان کے لیے؛ نیز یَجْن، نکاح (ویواہ) یا سَتر کے وقت بھی—سوتک کی ناپاکی کبھی لاگو نہیں ہوتی۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Māhātmya sections)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A consecrated sacrificer continues a fire-ritual at Prabhāsa while messengers bring news of a death; elders instruct that the rite must proceed; nearby a wedding pavilion and a satra hall symbolize uninterrupted dharma.
FAQs
Sacred duties that sustain dharma—yajña, consecration, and marriage rites—are protected from disruption by ordinary impurity rules.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a dharma-centered pilgrimage landscape in this Māhātmya.
Sūtaka (birth/death impurity) is declared inapplicable in specified contexts such as yajña, vivāha, and satra, and for persons actively bound to these duties.