Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
यज्ञोपवीतसंयुक्ताः प्रवराश्चैव कृत्स्नशः । तथा मौंजीविशेषाश्च शिखाभेदाः प्रकीर्तिताः
yajñopavītasaṃyuktāḥ pravarāścaiva kṛtsnaśaḥ | tathā mauṃjīviśeṣāśca śikhābhedāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
यज्ञोपवीतेन सम्यक् संयुक्ताः; प्रवराः कृत्स्नशः प्रकीर्तिताः; तथा मौञ्जीविशेषाः, शिखाभेदाश्च निरूपिताः।
Narrative voice (contextual; likely Sūta continuing the account)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (assembly)
Scene: A formal assembly where dvijas are invested with yajñopavīta; a teacher recites pravaras; different muñja girdles and śikhā styles are shown as distinct, orderly categories.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through proper saṃskāras and ritual identity—symbolized by the sacred thread, pravara, and disciplined observances.
The verse is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; this line itself emphasizes ritual qualifications rather than naming the site explicitly.
Markers of dvija-ritual status are referenced: yajñopavīta (sacred thread), pravara recitation, muñja-girdle type, and śikhā distinctions.
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