Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 59
एभिरष्टचत्वारिंशद्भिः संस्कारैः संकृतो ब्राह्मणो भवति
ebhiraṣṭacatvāriṃśadbhiḥ saṃskāraiḥ saṃkṛto brāhmaṇo bhavati
Dengan disempurnakan menurut tatacara melalui empat puluh lapan saṃskāra ini, seseorang menjadi seorang brāhmaṇa yang sejati.
Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu
Type: kshetra
Scene: A schematic, almost iconographic scene: a teacher indicates a sequence of saṃskāras—fire-rite, tonsure, upanayana—culminating in a serene brāhmaṇa figure holding a Veda.
FAQs
Spiritual identity is achieved through disciplined refinement—saṃskāras and conduct, not mere birth-claim.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a doctrinal conclusion within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.
It prescribes completion of the enumerated saṃskāras (forty-eight) as the basis of ritual-spiritual refinement.