Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
इति ते कथितं सर्वं यथाप्रकृतिसंभवम् । कथां शृणु महापुण्यां शूद्रः शुद्धिमगाद्यथा
iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yathāprakṛtisaṃbhavam | kathāṃ śṛṇu mahāpuṇyāṃ śūdraḥ śuddhimagādyathā
ดังนี้เราได้กล่าวแก่ท่านทั้งหมดตามที่เกิดขึ้นจากสันดานแต่ละอย่างแล้ว บัดนี้จงฟังเรื่องอันมีบุญใหญ่—ว่าศูทรผู้หนึ่งบรรลุความบริสุทธิ์ได้อย่างไร
Brahmā
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: The speaker concludes a doctrinal exposition and invites the listener into a ‘mahāpuṇyā kathā’ about a Śūdra’s purification—an anticipatory, storytelling threshold moment.
FAQs
Spiritual purification is possible through dharmic living and devotion, illustrated through exemplary narratives.
The narrative belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya framework within Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
No specific rite is stated; the verse introduces a puṇya-kathā (meritorious story) about attaining śuddhi (purity).