Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51
बुरुडेन च कैवर्तः कैवर्तेन च मेदकः । चत्वारो वैश्यसंभूता एते क्षेत्रे द्विजन्मनाम् । प्रजायन्ते सुरश्रेष्ठ सवकर्मसु गर्हिताः
buruḍena ca kaivartaḥ kaivartena ca medakaḥ | catvāro vaiśyasaṃbhūtā ete kṣetre dvijanmanām | prajāyante suraśreṣṭha savakarmasu garhitāḥ
बुरुडापासून कैवर्त उत्पन्न होतो आणि कैवर्तापासून मेदक जन्मतो. हे चौघे वैश्यवंशोत्पन्न असून द्विजांच्या ‘क्षेत्रा’त जन्म घेतात; हे देवश्रेष्ठा, आपल्या-आपल्या कर्मांत ते निंद्य मानले जातात.
Bṛhaspati
Type: kshetra
Listener: a deva addressed as 'suraśreṣṭha/surasattama' (commonly Agastya/Śiva’s gaṇa/another deity in Nāgara-khaṇḍa dialogues; not explicit here)
Scene: A sage-like narrator enumerates lineages and occupations before a deva addressed as 'suraśreṣṭha', with palm-leaf manuscript or rosary in hand; the setting suggests a tīrtha-assembly rather than a battlefield.
FAQs
The verse concludes a chain of traditional classifications; its function is descriptive within the text’s internal social genealogy model.
None; this segment is not focused on a named pilgrimage site.
None; it discusses origins and occupational association.