Varaha Purana 193.27: Adhyaya 193, Shloka 27
Naciketas’ Journey to Yama’s Abode and the Eulogy of Truthfulness
शुश्रूषावान्भवेच्छूद्रो वैश्यो वा कृषिजीवनः ॥ सस्यगोप्ता तु राजन्यो ब्राह्मणो वा स्वकर्मकृत् ॥
śuśrūṣāvān bhavec chūdro vaiśyo vā kṛṣijīvanaḥ || sasyagoptā tu rājanyo brāhmaṇo vā svakarmakṛt ||
शूद्र को लोगों की सेवा करनी चाहिये। वैश्य खेती करके अपना पेट पालता है। क्षत्रिय फसल और लोगों की रक्षा करता है। ब्राह्मण अपना काम करता है।
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It provides evidence of how Purāṇic texts encode idealized social roles and agrarian responsibilities, useful for studying normative socio-economic imagination.
No specific geography is named; the focus is occupational and ethical rather than locational.
It promotes duty-performance and stewardship (notably crop protection) as social responsibilities within the passage’s normative framework.
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