यतः क्रतुभुजो देवाः क्रतवो वेदसंभवाः । ते वेदा ब्राह्मणाधीनास्ततो देवबलं द्विजाः
yataḥ kratubhujo devāḥ kratavo vedasaṃbhavāḥ | te vedā brāhmaṇādhīnāstato devabalaṃ dvijāḥ
لأنّ الآلهة تقتات من القرابين والطقوس؛ والقرابين تنبثق من الفيدا؛ وتلك الفيدا قائمة على البراهمة؛ لذلك، يا ذوي الميلاد الثاني (دْفِجَا)، إنّ قوة الآلهة نفسها مرتكزة على البراهمة.
Skanda (narration to Agastya, inferred)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implicit frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (frame assumed; not explicit in verse)
Scene: A symbolic ‘ladder of sustenance’: devas receiving offerings from a blazing yajña; the yajña arising from radiant Vedic mantras; the Vedas resting in the hands/heart of serene brāhmaṇas—forming a luminous chain.
Dharma is an interlinked system: Veda supports yajña, yajña sustains Devas, and Brāhmaṇas preserve Veda—so protecting sacred learning protects the world.
No single tīrtha is named; the teaching aligns with Kāśī’s identity as a foremost seat of Vedic-Śaiva Dharma in the Skanda Purana.
Implicitly, the maintenance of yajñas (sacrifices) and Vedic continuity is upheld as essential, though no specific rite is prescribed.