Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 94
अडालजा माण्डलीया गोभूजाश्च पवित्रकाः । ब्राह्मणानां वृत्तिदास्ते ब्रह्मसेवासु तत्पराः
aḍālajā māṇḍalīyā gobhūjāśca pavitrakāḥ | brāhmaṇānāṃ vṛttidāste brahmasevāsu tatparāḥ
Kaum Aḍālaja, Māṇḍalīya, Gobhūja, dan Pavitraka—mereka memberi penghidupan bagi para brāhmaṇa dan tekun dalam sevā kepada Brahman, dalam dharma yang suci.
Unspecified (narrative within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Representatives of four named communities offer grain, cows, cloth, and land deeds to brāhmaṇas engaged in study and worship; a central fire altar and Vedic recitation indicate ‘brahma-sevā’.
FAQs
Service to sacred order is not only ritual but social: sustaining dharmic teachers and practitioners is praised as brahma-sevā.
No specific tīrtha is stated; the verse lists patron groups within the Dharmāraṇya narrative frame.
Sevā and dāna expressed as providing vṛtti (sustenance) to brāhmaṇas.