Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81
तथा तपस्विनः शूद्राः शूद्रा धर्मपरायणाः । शूद्रा वेदविचारज्ञा यज्ञकर्मणि चोद्यताः
tathā tapasvinaḥ śūdrāḥ śūdrā dharmaparāyaṇāḥ | śūdrā vedavicārajñā yajñakarmaṇi codyatāḥ
ដូចគ្នានេះដែរ មានសូទ្រាខ្លះប្រព្រឹត្តជាតបស្វី; សូទ្រាខ្លះស្មោះត្រង់ចំពោះធម៌; សូទ្រាខ្លះចេះពិចារណាវេទ; ហើយសូទ្រាខ្លះខិតខំក្នុងកិច្ចយញ្ញ។
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A tīrtha on a riverbank: ascetic Śūdras with matted hair and waterpots; others engaged in Veda-discussion in a shaded pavilion; a small yajña-vedī with offerings and smoke; pilgrims watching with reverence.
FAQs
The passage portrays a world of altered norms; it frames these shifts as part of a broader narrative of social transformation in an age of decline.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the general tīrthamāhātmya discourse of Adhyāya 27.
No explicit prescription; yajña is mentioned descriptively (engagement in sacrificial work), not as an instruction.