Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
उत्कोचतश्च यत्प्राप्तं यत्प्राप्तं चैव साहसात् । व्याजेनोपार्जितं यच्च तत्कृष्णं समुदाहृतम्
utkocataśca yatprāptaṃ yatprāptaṃ caiva sāhasāt | vyājenopārjitaṃ yacca tatkṛṣṇaṃ samudāhṛtam
Bất cứ thứ gì có được do hối lộ, do bạo lực hay cưỡng bức, và do những cớ trá ngụy mà kiếm được—đều được tuyên là ‘đen’ (kṛṣṇa), tức tài vật bất tịnh.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (typical)
Scene: A moral-contrast tableau: shadowy figures exchanging bribes, a coercive seizure scene, and a deceitful contract—each rendered with dark (kṛṣṇa) smoke rising; in the foreground, a śrāddha altar rejects the dark coins, while a lamp of dharma burns steady near the Somnātha shrine.
FAQs
Dharma rejects gains rooted in corruption or harm; such wealth cannot sanctify sacred rites.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where purity of means is emphasized as part of the kṣetra’s dharma.
Do not fund śrāddha or offerings with wealth gained through bribery, coercion/violence, or deceit; it is classified as ‘kṛṣṇa’ (impure).