Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 98
यस्य वर्गस्य यो विप्रो न प्रयास्यति तत्र वै । स च वर्गात्परित्याज्यः स्थानधर्मान्न संशयः
yasya vargasya yo vipro na prayāsyati tatra vai | sa ca vargātparityājyaḥ sthānadharmānna saṃśayaḥ
جس برادری کا جو برہمن اپنے ہی گروہ کے ساتھ جا کر وہاں کھڑا نہ ہو، تو بے شک اسے اسی برادری سے خارج کیا جائے؛ یہ مقام کا دھرم (ستھان دھرم) ہے، اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Unspecified narrator (contextual instruction within the Dharmāraṇya narrative)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka
Type: kshetra
Scene: A village/merchant-guild assembly where a brāhmaṇa is judged for refusing to stand with his varga; elders cite sthāna-dharma and pronounce expulsion.
FAQs
Dharma is also upheld through local, community-based discipline; neglecting one’s communal duty leads to loss of standing.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it reflects the broader Dharmāraṇya setting and its local code (sthāna-dharma).
No ritual is prescribed; the verse gives a social-dharmic rule about participation and communal affiliation.