Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । ब्राह्मणस्य तु यत्कर्म उत्पत्तिः क्षत्रियस्य तु । वैश्यस्यापि च शूद्रस्य तत्सर्वं कथयस्व मे
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | brāhmaṇasya tu yatkarma utpattiḥ kṣatriyasya tu | vaiśyasyāpi ca śūdrasya tatsarvaṃ kathayasva me
قال يودهيشثيرا: «أخبرني على التمام بواجبات البراهمة، وبأصل (وواجبات) الكشترية، وكذلك بالفيشيا والشودرا؛ فبيّن ذلك كله لي.»
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, questions the sage about the origins and duties of the four varṇas; a calm hermitage setting with riverine ambience implied by Revā context.
FAQs
Dharma is to be understood systematically; social and ethical duties are framed as part of righteous living.
No site is praised in this verse; it shifts to a dharma inquiry within the chapter’s narrative frame.
None; it is a request for instruction regarding varṇa-dharma.