Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
ब्राह्मण्यां क्षत्रियाज्जातः सूत इत्यभिधीयते । सूतेन रजकश्चैव रजकेन च चर्मकृत्
brāhmaṇyāṃ kṣatriyājjātaḥ sūta ityabhidhīyate | sūtena rajakaścaiva rajakena ca carmakṛt
ब्राह्मणी स्त्री व क्षत्रिय पुरुष यांच्यापासून जो जन्मतो तो ‘सूत’ म्हणतात. सूतापासून ‘रजक’ (धोबी) आणि रजकापासून ‘चर्मकृत्’ (चर्मकार) उत्पन्न होतो।
Bṛhaspati
Listener: Indra
Scene: A symbolic genealogical chain: Bṛhaspati indicates three linked figures representing Sūta, Rajaka, and Carmakṛt, each with subtle occupational attributes (scroll/chariot emblem; washing cloth; leather tools) while Indra observes.
FAQs
It presents a traditional Purāṇic genealogy of social categories; the passage is descriptive within its doctrinal framework rather than a devotional instruction.
None; this is a classificatory segment within the chapter.
None; the verse provides lineage-based naming.