Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35
वेदबाह्य दुराचारास्त्याज्यास्ते ह्यत्र कर्मणि । वेदवादरता यूयं सर्वे विष्णुपुरोगमाः
vedabāhya durācārāstyājyāste hyatra karmaṇi | vedavādaratā yūyaṃ sarve viṣṇupurogamāḥ
“ผู้ที่อยู่นอกพระเวทและประพฤติชั่ว พึงถูกตัดออกจากพิธีกรรมนี้ ส่วนพวกท่านทั้งหลายยึดมั่นวาทะแห่งพระเวท เป็นผู้ตามโดยมีพระวิษณุนำหน้า”
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Dakṣa-yajña setting (Kedāra narrative)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dakṣa addresses the priests, indicating that vedabāhya and wicked actors must be removed; a group of Veda-chanting brāhmaṇas stands in orderly rows, while a sidelined cluster is shown being turned away; Viṣṇu is invoked as the leading exemplar in the rhetoric.
FAQs
Ritual purity is invoked as an external standard, but the Purāṇic subtext warns that orthodoxy without humility becomes a tool of exclusion.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting remains in the background; the verse centers on yajña eligibility rather than tīrtha praise.
Exclusion (tyāga) of those deemed ‘veda-bāhya’ from participation in the ongoing ritual.