Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81
तथा तपस्विनः शूद्राः शूद्रा धर्मपरायणाः । शूद्रा वेदविचारज्ञा यज्ञकर्मणि चोद्यताः
tathā tapasvinaḥ śūdrāḥ śūdrā dharmaparāyaṇāḥ | śūdrā vedavicārajñā yajñakarmaṇi codyatāḥ
وكذلك يوجد من الشودرا من يسلك مسلك الزهّاد؛ ومنهم من يلازم الدارما؛ ومنهم من يحسن النظر في الفيدا ومباحثتها؛ ومنهم من ينشط في أعمال القربان والطقوس (يَجْنَا).
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A tīrtha on a riverbank: ascetic Śūdras with matted hair and waterpots; others engaged in Veda-discussion in a shaded pavilion; a small yajña-vedī with offerings and smoke; pilgrims watching with reverence.
FAQs
The passage portrays a world of altered norms; it frames these shifts as part of a broader narrative of social transformation in an age of decline.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the general tīrthamāhātmya discourse of Adhyāya 27.
No explicit prescription; yajña is mentioned descriptively (engagement in sacrificial work), not as an instruction.