Shloka 13
धर्मनिन्दा–धर्मोपासनाफलम् तथा साध्वाचारलक्षणम्
Fruits of Disparaging vs. Observing Dharma; Marks of Good Conduct
क्षत्रियो वा महाभागे वैश्यो वा धर्मचारिणि । स्वानि कर्माण्यपाहाय शूद्रकर्म निषेवते
kṣatriyo vā mahābhāge vaiśyo vā dharmacāriṇi | svāni karmāṇy apāhāya śūdrakarma niṣevate ||
マヘーシュヴァラは言った。「おお高貴なる婦人よ、ダルマに従う者よ——クシャトリヤであれヴァイシャであれ、自らに定められた務めを捨て、シュードラの業に身を置くなら、その者は本来の位を失い、ヴァルナの混淆（varṇa-saṅkara）の因となり、後の生ではシュードラの胎に生まれる。婆羅門であれ、クシャトリヤであれ、ヴァイシャであれ、そのような行いによってシュードラの境遇と性向に至るのだ。」
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes svadharma: one should not abandon one’s prescribed responsibilities and adopt another varṇa’s occupational role out of disregard for dharma; such deviation is presented as ethically and socially destabilizing and as carrying karmic consequences, including a lower rebirth.
Maheshvara (Śiva) is instructing a noble woman addressed as “mahābhāge” and “dharmacāriṇi,” explaining the consequences, within a varṇa-dharma framework, of a Kshatriya or Vaishya giving up their own duties to perform Shudra-type work.