Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58
गतास्ते वृत्तिभाजः स्युर्नान्ये वृत्त्यभिभागिनः । तत्र नैव गता ये वै चातुर्विद्यत्वमागताः
gatāste vṛttibhājaḥ syurnānye vṛttyabhibhāginaḥ | tatra naiva gatā ye vai cāturvidyatvamāgatāḥ
അവിടെ പോയവരാണ് ഉപജീവനവിഹിതങ്ങളുടെ യഥാർത്ഥ അവകാശികളായത്; മറ്റാർക്കും ആ അവകാശത്തിൽ പങ്കില്ല. എന്നാൽ ‘ചാതുർവിദ്യ’ പദവി നേടിയവർ അവിടെ ഒരിക്കലും പോയില്ല.
Narrator (speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Setubandha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two groups contrasted: those departing toward the Setu with travel bundles and ritual implements receive marked tokens of entitlement; another learned group (‘cāturvidya’) remains behind, shown in a scholastic setting, indicating non-departure.
FAQs
Dharma includes fair distribution of social duties and protections against unjust claims over communal livelihoods.
No single tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it continues a governance narrative within Dharmāraṇya.
None; it discusses eligibility and entitlement (vṛtti) rather than ritual.