षष्ठकालात्परं शूद्रस्तपः कुर्याद्यथा क्वचित् । राष्ट्रहानिस्तदा ज्ञेया राज्ञश्चोपद्रवो महान्
ṣaṣṭhakālātparaṃ śūdrastapaḥ kuryādyathā kvacit | rāṣṭrahānistadā jñeyā rājñaścopadravo mahān
若首陀罗于任何情形下,修苦行逾越所定之限(超过“第六时”),当知这是国土将遭灾厄之征兆,亦是君王大患之象。
Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cautionary tableau: a pilgrim attempting severe austerity while ominous signs—darkened sky, distressed courtiers—suggest impending trouble for the realm.
Pilgrimage and austerity should follow prescribed dharma; disorderly practice is portrayed as socially destabilizing.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), discussed within its Māhātmya section.
A restriction on undertaking tapas beyond a stated limit (‘ṣaṣṭhakāla’), framed as a dharmic boundary.
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