Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5
शतवर्षसहस्राणां वसेदंते दिवि द्विजः । ब्राह्मणेभ्यः परं नास्ति पवित्रं पावनं भुवि
śatavarṣasahasrāṇāṃ vasedaṃte divi dvijaḥ | brāhmaṇebhyaḥ paraṃ nāsti pavitraṃ pāvanaṃ bhuvi
ద్విజుడు స్వర్గంలో లక్షల సంవత్సరాలు నివసించినా, భూమిపై బ్రాహ్మణులకన్నా మించిన పవిత్రమూ పావనమూ మరొకటి లేదు।
Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa narrative context; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim offers water, food, and cloth to venerable Brāhmaṇas under forest shade near a tīrtha; a subtle svarga motif contrasts with earthly sanctity.
FAQs
Purity is not only ritual but also relational—honoring bearers of Vedic dharma is praised as supremely sanctifying.
The broader Dharmāraṇya tīrtha-setting frames the teaching, though this verse specifically glorifies Brāhmaṇas rather than naming a location.
Implicitly, reverence/service to Brāhmaṇas as a purifying dharmic act.