Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77
ब्राह्मण्याद्धीयते विप्रः शूद्रो धर्माच्च हीयते । धर्मोपदेशः शूद्राणां स्वश्रेयः प्रतिघातयेत्
brāhmaṇyāddhīyate vipraḥ śūdro dharmācca hīyate | dharmopadeśaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ svaśreyaḥ pratighātayet
برہمنیت (برہمنی آچار) سے ہٹنے پر وِپر کا زوال ہوتا ہے، اور شُودر اپنے دھرم سے ہٹے تو وہ بھی گرتا ہے۔ کہا گیا ہے کہ شُودروں کو دھرم کی تعلیم دینا اپنے ہی روحانی بھلے میں رکاوٹ بنتا ہے۔
Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa instructional narration; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A guru addresses a student with a manuscript on dharma; behind them, figures representing different social roles perform their duties; the composition emphasizes ‘svadharma’ as ordered harmony, with a serious, instructional tone.
FAQs
Each person is urged to remain steady in their prescribed duties; the verse frames spiritual stability as arising from adherence to one’s traditional dharma.
No tīrtha is referenced; the focus is normative dharma teaching.
A restriction concerning dharma instruction to Śūdras, presented as a rule of conduct within this section.