Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
तथा च क्षत्रियविशां करणान्मुक्तिरुत्तमा । शूद्राणां नाधिकारोऽस्मिन्स्त्रीणां नैव कदाचन
tathā ca kṣatriyaviśāṃ karaṇānmuktiruttamā | śūdrāṇāṃ nādhikāro'sminstrīṇāṃ naiva kadācana
وكذلك للكشاتريا والفيشيا، بأدائه تكونُ لهم نجاةٌ رفيعة. أمّا الشودر فلا استحقاقَ لهم في هذا الأمر، ولا للنساء في أيّ وقتٍ كان.
Narrative voice continuing Īśvara’s discourse (speaker implicit from preceding verse)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A formal teaching assembly where eligibility rules for a specific ritual are recited; scribes/priestly figures, with others listening—tone of juridical śāstra.
FAQs
The verse presents a traditional ‘adhikāra’ framing: certain rites are described as restricted by social category within the text’s dharma discourse.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it focuses on eligibility for a practice.
It refers back to the previously described worship practice and discusses who is considered eligible to perform it.