Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
यज्ञोपवीतं च ततस्तेन विप्रेण बोधितः । यं कञ्चिद्द्रक्ष्यसे लोके भ्रमन्तं भूतले द्विजम्
yajñopavītaṃ ca tatastena vipreṇa bodhitaḥ | yaṃ kañciddrakṣyase loke bhramantaṃ bhūtale dvijam
Y luego, instruido por aquel brāhmaṇa, fue investido con el yajnopavīta, el cordón sagrado. «A quienquiera que veas en este mundo—un dvija que vaga por la tierra—…».
Ṛṣis (continuing their report to Brahmā)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brāhmaṇa instructs the newly invested boy with yajñopavīta: ‘Whomever you see roaming the earth as a dvija…’—a lesson in universal reverence.
FAQs
Initiation is paired with instruction: dharma is preserved through disciplined learning and respectful social-spiritual conduct.
The teaching is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, where pilgrimage culture reinforces dharmic norms.
Yajñopavīta-dhāraṇa (wearing the sacred thread), associated with upanayana, is explicitly mentioned.