Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 18
विप्रानुकीर्तिता याश्च वृत्तिः सापि विभज्यते । प्रथमा लभ्यमाना च वृत्तिर्वै यावती पुनः
viprānukīrtitā yāśca vṛttiḥ sāpi vibhajyate | prathamā labhyamānā ca vṛttirvai yāvatī punaḥ
اور برہمنوں کی بیان کردہ روزی (ورتّی) بھی تقسیم کی جاتی ہے۔ پہلا حصہ وہی روزی ہے جو جیسی بھی حاصل ہو، جتنی بھی مقدار میں ہو۔
Skanda (deduced from section context)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A householder sits with measured grain and coins, dividing them into portions: one for daily sustenance, one for deity worship, one for guests/charity; a brāhmaṇa advisor gestures to the correct apportionment.
FAQs
Earnings are not merely personal; dharma requires mindful allocation of livelihood toward ordained responsibilities.
No tīrtha is named; the verse is a general dharma guideline within Dharmāraṇya.
An instruction to divide/apportion one’s vṛtti (income/livelihood) according to established dharma guidance.