Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
संकीर्णयोनयः पूता ये भक्ता मधुसूदने । म्लेच्छतुल्याः कुलीनास्ते ये न भक्ता जनार्दने
saṃkīrṇayonayaḥ pūtā ye bhaktā madhusūdane | mlecchatulyāḥ kulīnāste ye na bhaktā janārdane
ذوو الأصول المختلطة يَتَطَهَّرون إن كانوا مُتعبِّدين لمَدْهوسودَنا؛ أمّا ذوو الحسب الرفيع فهُم كالمِلِتشّا إن لم يكونوا مُتعبِّدين لِجَناردَنا.
Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa context within Māhātmya narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A diverse group of devotees—some ‘mixed-origin’ pilgrims—offering tulasī and lamps to Kṛṣṇa; a proud high-born figure without devotion stands aside in shadow, visually ‘mleccha-like’ through alienation from worship.
FAQs
Devotion is the true purifier and measure of nobility; birth-status without bhakti is spiritually empty.
Dvārakā is the Māhātmya setting, highlighting a Vaiṣṇava value-system centered on Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu devotion.
No specific ritual is prescribed; the verse prescribes bhakti (devotional allegiance) as the core dharma.