Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
योध्यापयेदेकदेशं श्रुतेरंगान्यथापि वा । वृत्त्यर्थं स उपाध्यायो विद्वद्भिः परिगीयते
yodhyāpayedekadeśaṃ śruteraṃgānyathāpi vā | vṛttyarthaṃ sa upādhyāyo vidvadbhiḥ parigīyate
यः श्रुतेः एकदेशं वा वेदाङ्गानि वा वृत्त्यर्थं अध्यापयति, स विद्वद्भिः ‘उपाध्यायः’ इति परिगीयते।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned upādhyāya instructs a small group in Vedāṅgas—phonetics, metrics, or ritual auxiliaries—amid manuscripts and teaching tools, suggesting practical, livelihood-based instruction.
FAQs
It distinguishes levels of teaching responsibility, honoring instructors while clarifying traditional definitions.
The instruction appears in Kāśī Khaṇḍa, reflecting Kāśī’s learned culture and dharma-centered social order.
Teaching Śruti partially or teaching Vedāṅgas as a professional duty is identified as the role of an upādhyāya.