Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
द्विजातयो मुखाज्जाताः क्षत्रिया बाहुयन्त्रतः । ऊरुप्रदेशाद्वैश्यास्तु शूद्राः पादेष्वथाभवन्
dvijātayo mukhājjātāḥ kṣatriyā bāhuyantrataḥ | ūrupradeśādvaiśyāstu śūdrāḥ pādeṣvathābhavan
دُوِج (دو بار جنم لینے والے) منہ سے پیدا ہوئے؛ کشتریہ بازوؤں سے؛ ویشیہ رانوں کے حصے سے؛ اور شودر پھر پاؤں سے وجود میں آئے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A didactic visualization of the cosmic person/body from which the four varṇas arise—mouth, arms, thighs, and feet—presented as a schematic sacred anthropology.
FAQs
It presents a symbolic, cosmic-body model of social functions, preparing for duties (dharma) assigned by role rather than mere status.
No single tīrtha is named; the teaching occurs within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred geography context of the Skanda Purāṇa.
None explicitly; the verse sets up the framework for role-based dharma described in later verses.