Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 112
विश्वामित्र उवाच । अत्र ते कीर्तयिष्यामि पूर्ववृत्तकथांतरम् । भर्तृयजेन ये त्यक्ताः सर्वेन्ये ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः
viśvāmitra uvāca | atra te kīrtayiṣyāmi pūrvavṛttakathāṃtaram | bhartṛyajena ye tyaktāḥ sarvenye brāhmaṇottamāḥ
Viśvāmitra berkata: Di sini akan kuceritakan kepadamu satu kisah lain tentang peristiwa lampau. Mereka yang ditinggalkan oleh Bhartṛ-yajña—sedangkan yang lain semuanya brāhmaṇa yang utama—dengarlah bagaimana hal itu terjadi.
Viśvāmitra
Listener: The King
Scene: Viśvāmitra begins recounting an earlier incident: a yajña where certain persons were ‘cast aside’, setting a moral tension around ritual purity and justice.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching often clarifies present rules through past narratives, linking ritual outcomes to prior causes.
The verse introduces a backstory within Tīrthamāhātmya; the tīrtha is not named in this line.
It references the Bhartṛ-yajña’s acceptance/rejection, indicating ritual inclusion criteria as the topic.