Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2
अथ दुर्मेधसां पुंसां वेदेष्वनधिकारिणाम् । स्त्रीणां द्विजातिबंधूनां सर्वेषां च शरीरिणाम्
atha durmedhasāṃ puṃsāṃ vedeṣvanadhikāriṇām | strīṇāṃ dvijātibaṃdhūnāṃ sarveṣāṃ ca śarīriṇām
บัดนี้ สำหรับบุรุษผู้ปัญญาทึบผู้ไม่มีสิทธิในพระเวท สำหรับสตรี สำหรับผู้เป็นญาติของทวิชะแต่พ้นจากสิทธิแห่งเวท และสำหรับสรรพสัตว์ผู้มีร่างกายทั้งปวง—
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.