Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
क्षत्रियोऽपि पुरस्कृत्य देवदेवं पितामहम् । न चैकेन वसिष्ठेन तेनैतद्वैरमाहितम्
kṣatriyo'pi puraskṛtya devadevaṃ pitāmaham | na caikena vasiṣṭhena tenaitadvairamāhitam
क्षत्रिय असूनही त्यांनी देवदेव पितामह ब्रह्मदेवांना अग्रस्थानी ठेवले; आणि हे वैर केवळ वसिष्ठामुळेच निर्माण झाले असे नव्हते।
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Viśvāmitra, still bearing kṣatriya vigor, offers reverence to Pitāmaha Brahmā; behind him, the tension with Vasiṣṭha is shown as a broader web—multiple figures and circumstances rather than a single antagonist.
FAQs
Birth identity is not the final measure; aspiration toward the highest (with discipline) is emphasized, while conflicts are shown as complex and multi-causal.
None directly; it remains part of the narrative frame explaining the Sarasvatī episode.
None; it references devotion/aim toward Brahmā as the supreme ideal in this context.