Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
यज्ञोपवीतं च ततस्तेन विप्रेण बोधितः । यं कञ्चिद्द्रक्ष्यसे लोके भ्रमन्तं भूतले द्विजम्
yajñopavītaṃ ca tatastena vipreṇa bodhitaḥ | yaṃ kañciddrakṣyase loke bhramantaṃ bhūtale dvijam
ហើយបន្ទាប់មក ដោយការណែនាំរបស់ព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍នោះ គាត់ត្រូវបានបំពាក់ខ្សែយញ្ញោបវីត (ខ្សែសក្ការៈ)។ «អ្នកណាដែលអ្នកឃើញក្នុងលោកនេះ ជាទ្វិជៈដើរលំហែលើផែនដី…»
Ṛṣis (continuing their report to Brahmā)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brāhmaṇa instructs the newly invested boy with yajñopavīta: ‘Whomever you see roaming the earth as a dvija…’—a lesson in universal reverence.
FAQs
Initiation is paired with instruction: dharma is preserved through disciplined learning and respectful social-spiritual conduct.
The teaching is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, where pilgrimage culture reinforces dharmic norms.
Yajñopavīta-dhāraṇa (wearing the sacred thread), associated with upanayana, is explicitly mentioned.