Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77
ब्राह्मण्याद्धीयते विप्रः शूद्रो धर्माच्च हीयते । धर्मोपदेशः शूद्राणां स्वश्रेयः प्रतिघातयेत्
brāhmaṇyāddhīyate vipraḥ śūdro dharmācca hīyate | dharmopadeśaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ svaśreyaḥ pratighātayet
វិប្រនឹងធ្លាក់ចុះ នៅពេលបាត់បង់ព្រហ្មណ្យ (អាកប្បកិរិយាព្រហ្មណ៍) ហើយសូទ្រាក៏ធ្លាក់ចុះ នៅពេលចាកចេញពីធម៌របស់ខ្លួន។ គេថា ការបង្រៀនធម៌ដល់សូទ្រា នាំឲ្យរាំងស្ទះសេចក្តីសុខខាងវិញ្ញាណរបស់ខ្លួនឯង។
Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa instructional narration; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A guru addresses a student with a manuscript on dharma; behind them, figures representing different social roles perform their duties; the composition emphasizes ‘svadharma’ as ordered harmony, with a serious, instructional tone.
FAQs
Each person is urged to remain steady in their prescribed duties; the verse frames spiritual stability as arising from adherence to one’s traditional dharma.
No tīrtha is referenced; the focus is normative dharma teaching.
A restriction concerning dharma instruction to Śūdras, presented as a rule of conduct within this section.