Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
ऋषय ऊचुः । क्षत्रियोऽपि कथं विप्रो विश्वा मित्रो महामते । वसिष्ठेन कथं नोक्तो यः प्रोक्तो ब्रह्मणा स्वयम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kṣatriyo'pi kathaṃ vipro viśvā mitro mahāmate | vasiṣṭhena kathaṃ nokto yaḥ prokto brahmaṇā svayam
ऋषी म्हणाले—हे महामते! क्षत्रिय असूनही विश्वामित्र ब्राह्मण कसा झाला? आणि ज्याला स्वयं ब्रह्मदेवांनी ब्राह्मण म्हणून घोषित केले, त्याला वसिष्ठांनी का मान्यता दिली नाही?
Ṛṣis (sages)
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A circle of sages, seated in a forest hermitage, question the bard Sūta about the paradox of Viśvāmitra’s brahminhood and Vasiṣṭha’s refusal to acknowledge it, with subtle cosmic witnesses implied (Brahmā’s decree).
FAQs
Dharma discourse tests authority, recognition, and transformation—asking how spiritual attainment is validated in tradition.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the inquiry that contextualizes the Sarasvatī and later Narmadā sacred geography.
None; it is a theological-social question about brāhmaṇya and recognition.