Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77
ब्राह्मण्याद्धीयते विप्रः शूद्रो धर्माच्च हीयते । धर्मोपदेशः शूद्राणां स्वश्रेयः प्रतिघातयेत्
brāhmaṇyāddhīyate vipraḥ śūdro dharmācca hīyate | dharmopadeśaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ svaśreyaḥ pratighātayet
विप्र ब्राह्मण्य-आचरणापासून ढळला की क्षीण होतो, आणि शूद्र आपल्या धर्मापासून ढळला की क्षीण होतो. शूद्रांना धर्मोपदेश देणे हे स्वतःच्या श्रेयास बाधक म्हटले आहे.
Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa instructional narration; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A guru addresses a student with a manuscript on dharma; behind them, figures representing different social roles perform their duties; the composition emphasizes ‘svadharma’ as ordered harmony, with a serious, instructional tone.
FAQs
Each person is urged to remain steady in their prescribed duties; the verse frames spiritual stability as arising from adherence to one’s traditional dharma.
No tīrtha is referenced; the focus is normative dharma teaching.
A restriction concerning dharma instruction to Śūdras, presented as a rule of conduct within this section.