Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64
चातुर्विद्यास्ते विज्ञेया वृत्तिबाह्याः कृतास्तदा । कृतकृत्यस्तदा जातो राजा कुमारपालकः
cāturvidyāste vijñeyā vṛttibāhyāḥ kṛtāstadā | kṛtakṛtyastadā jāto rājā kumārapālakaḥ
ते ‘चातुर्विद्य’ तेव्हा उपजीविकेच्या हक्काबाहेर केले गेले—असे जाणावे. त्या वेळी राजा कुमारपाल कृतकृत्य झाला.
Narrator (reporting the result; king named in verse)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: The cāturvidyas are shown relocated and marked as outside the sphere of village entitlements; the king stands composed, signifying completion of duty, with scribes or ministers recording the decree.
FAQs
A ruler is ‘kṛtakṛtya’ when he enforces dharma-based order, even through difficult social policy.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it describes administrative exclusion from vṛtti (entitlements).