Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35
वेदबाह्य दुराचारास्त्याज्यास्ते ह्यत्र कर्मणि । वेदवादरता यूयं सर्वे विष्णुपुरोगमाः
vedabāhya durācārāstyājyāste hyatra karmaṇi | vedavādaratā yūyaṃ sarve viṣṇupurogamāḥ
“Mereka yang berada di luar Veda dan berkelakuan jahat hendaklah disingkirkan daripada upacara ini. Adapun kamu semua berpegang pada ajaran Veda—para pengikut dengan Viṣṇu sebagai pendahulu.”
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Dakṣa-yajña setting (Kedāra narrative)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dakṣa addresses the priests, indicating that vedabāhya and wicked actors must be removed; a group of Veda-chanting brāhmaṇas stands in orderly rows, while a sidelined cluster is shown being turned away; Viṣṇu is invoked as the leading exemplar in the rhetoric.
FAQs
Ritual purity is invoked as an external standard, but the Purāṇic subtext warns that orthodoxy without humility becomes a tool of exclusion.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting remains in the background; the verse centers on yajña eligibility rather than tīrtha praise.
Exclusion (tyāga) of those deemed ‘veda-bāhya’ from participation in the ongoing ritual.