Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31
न ब्राह्मणोभवत्येष यतो वेदो न वेत्त्यमुम् । शस्त्रास्त्रधारणात्प्रायः क्षत्रियः स्यान्न सोप्ययम्
na brāhmaṇobhavatyeṣa yato vedo na vettyamum | śastrāstradhāraṇātprāyaḥ kṣatriyaḥ syānna sopyayam
یہ برہمن نہیں، کیونکہ (میرے دعوے کے مطابق) یہ وید کو نہیں جانتا۔ ہتھیار اٹھانے سے کسی کو کشتریہ کہا جا سکتا ہے، مگر یہ تو وہ بھی نہیں۔
Dakṣa (as reported in Skanda’s narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A disputant asserts: ‘not brāhmaṇa—doesn’t know Veda; not kṣatriya though bearing weapons’; the visual tension shows Vedic manuscripts and weapons laid out, while a luminous liṅga in the background suggests the source of both knowledge and power.
FAQs
Spiritual authority is not limited to varṇa labels; contempt rooted in social pride becomes a doorway to grave offense.
No named tīrtha; the verse is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s moral-narrative instruction.
None.