Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
तथा च क्षत्रियविशां करणान्मुक्तिरुत्तमा । शूद्राणां नाधिकारोऽस्मिन्स्त्रीणां नैव कदाचन
tathā ca kṣatriyaviśāṃ karaṇānmuktiruttamā | śūdrāṇāṃ nādhikāro'sminstrīṇāṃ naiva kadācana
Likewise, for kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, by performing it there is excellent liberation. But for śūdras there is no entitlement in this matter—nor for women at any time.
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.