Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
न शूद्राय मतिं दद्यान्नोच्छिष्टं न हविष्कृतम् । न चास्योपदिशेद्धर्मं न चास्य व्रतमादिशेत्
na śūdrāya matiṃ dadyānnocchiṣṭaṃ na haviṣkṛtam | na cāsyopadiśeddharmaṃ na cāsya vratamādiśet
শূদ্রকে উপদেশ (মতি) দেওয়া উচিত নয়; তাকে উচ্ছিষ্ট বা হবি-রূপে প্রস্তুত অর্ঘ্যও দেওয়া নয়; তাকে ধর্ম শেখানো নয়, তার জন্য ব্রতও নির্ধারণ করা নয়।
Uncertain from snippet (normative dharma instruction within Revā Khaṇḍa; speaker not named here)
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A stern injunction scene: the teacher enumerates prohibitions with counting gestures; ritual remnants and havis are shown on a tray, symbolizing restricted distribution; the king listens gravely.
FAQs
It presents a restrictive dharma-rule about who may receive certain teachings and ritual items, emphasizing boundaries of ritual eligibility.
None is named in this verse; it is a general injunction within the Revā Khaṇḍa context.
It forbids giving ucchiṣṭa and havis-prepared offerings, and forbids teaching dharma or prescribing vrata to the specified group.