Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56
सेवार्थं निर्मितः शूद्रो न विप्रान्परिषेवते । वृत्तिं वा न ददात्येव हनुमांस्तस्य कुप्यति
sevārthaṃ nirmitaḥ śūdro na viprānpariṣevate | vṛttiṃ vā na dadātyeva hanumāṃstasya kupyati
സേവാർത്ഥം സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെട്ട ശൂദ്രൻ ബ്രാഹ്മണരെ പരിചരിക്കാതെയോ, അവരുടെ ജീവികാസഹായം നൽകാതെയോ ഇരുന്നാൽ—അവനോട് ഹനുമാൻ അസന്തുഷ്ടനാകുന്നു.
Deductive attribution: a Purāṇic narrator/instructor within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A household or village scene: a person offers food, cloth, or coins to a seated Vedic scholar; Hanumān stands as guardian at the threshold; contrasting vignette shows neglect—turned backs and an extinguished lamp—implying displeasure.
FAQs
Dharma is expressed through seva (service) and support of those devoted to learning and ritual; neglect of duty invites spiritual and worldly decline.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse focuses on social-religious duty within dharma teaching.
Sevā (service) and vṛtti/dāna (providing maintenance/charity) to vipras are indicated as duties.