Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2
अथ दुर्मेधसां पुंसां वेदेष्वनधिकारिणाम् । स्त्रीणां द्विजातिबंधूनां सर्वेषां च शरीरिणाम्
atha durmedhasāṃ puṃsāṃ vedeṣvanadhikāriṇām | strīṇāṃ dvijātibaṃdhūnāṃ sarveṣāṃ ca śarīriṇām
இப்போது—மந்த புத்தியுடைய ஆண்களுக்கு, வேதங்களில் அதிகாரமில்லாதவர்களுக்கு, பெண்களுக்கு, த்விஜாதி உறவினராயினும் வேத அதிகாரமற்றவர்களுக்கு, மேலும் எல்லா உடல்தரித்த உயிர்களுக்கும்—
Sūta (continuing narration)
Scene: A diverse gathering—women, common folk, and those outside Vedic study—sit before a narrator/teacher, receiving an accessible Śiva-centered teaching; the mood is compassionate and reassuring.
FAQs
The Purāṇic Śaiva path is framed as accessible to all embodied beings, including those without Vedic adhikāra.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse prepares an inclusive teaching about spiritual means.
Not yet in this half-verse; it sets the audience scope for the practice to be taught next.