Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
योध्यापयेदेकदेशं श्रुतेरंगान्यथापि वा । वृत्त्यर्थं स उपाध्यायो विद्वद्भिः परिगीयते
yodhyāpayedekadeśaṃ śruteraṃgānyathāpi vā | vṛttyarthaṃ sa upādhyāyo vidvadbhiḥ parigīyate
Celui qui n’enseigne qu’une portion de la Śruti, ou bien les membres auxiliaires du Veda, pour gagner sa vie, est loué par les savants comme upādhyāya.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned upādhyāya instructs a small group in Vedāṅgas—phonetics, metrics, or ritual auxiliaries—amid manuscripts and teaching tools, suggesting practical, livelihood-based instruction.
FAQs
It distinguishes levels of teaching responsibility, honoring instructors while clarifying traditional definitions.
The instruction appears in Kāśī Khaṇḍa, reflecting Kāśī’s learned culture and dharma-centered social order.
Teaching Śruti partially or teaching Vedāṅgas as a professional duty is identified as the role of an upādhyāya.