Skandapurana 3.2.40.40.1

3.2.40.40.1

.. nārada uvāca .. ..
jñātibhede tu saṃjāte tasminmoherake pure ..
traividyaiḥ kiṃ kṛtaṃ brahmaṃstanmamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ .. 1 ... ..
.. brahmovāca .. ..
svasthāne vāḍavāḥ sarve harṣanirbharamānasāḥ ..
agnihotraparā ke'pi ke'pi yajñaparāyaṇāḥ .. 2 ..
ke'pi cāgnisamādhānāḥ ke'pi smārtā niraṃtaram ..
purāṇanyāyavettāro vedavedāṃgavādinaḥ .. 3 ..
sukhena svānsadācārānkurvanto brahmavādinaḥ ..
evaṃ dharmasamācārānkurvatāṃ kuśalātmanām .. 4 ..
sthānācārānkulācārānadhidevyāśca bhāṣitān ..
dharmaśāstrasthitaṃ sarvaṃ kājeśairuditaṃ ca yat .. 5 ..
paraṃparāgataṃ dharma mūcuste vāḍavottamāḥ .. 6 ..
.. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. ..
upāste yaśca likhitaṃ raktapādaistu vāḍavāḥ ..
jñātiśreṣṭhaḥ sa vijñeyo valirdeyastataḥ param .. 7 ..
raktacaṃdanaṃ prasādhyātha prasiddhaṃ svakulaṃ tathā ..
kuṃkumāraktapādaistairgaṃdhapuṣpādicarcitaiḥ .. 8 ..
saṃbhūya likhitaṃ tacca raktapādaṃ taducyate ..
rāmasya lekhyaṃ te sarve pūjayaṃtu samāhitāḥ .. 9 ..
rāmasya karamudrāṃ ca pūjayaṃtu dvijāḥ sadā ..
yeṣāṃ doṣāḥ sadācāre vyabhicārādayo yadi .. .. 3.2.40.10 ..
teṣāṃ daṇḍo vidheyastu ya ukto vidhivadvijaiḥ ..
cihnaṃ na rāmamudrāyā yāvaddaṃḍaṃ dadāti na .. 11 ..
vinā daṇḍapradānena mudrācihnaṃ na dhāryate ..
mudrāhastāśca vijñeyā vāḍavā nṛpasattama .. 12 ..
putre jāte pitā daddyācchrīmātre tu baliṃ sadā ..
palāni viṃśatiḥ sarppirguḍaḥ paṃcapa lāni ca .. 13 ..
kuṃkumādibhirabhyarcya jātamātraḥ sutastadā ..
ṣaṣṭhe ca divase rājanṣaṣṭhīṃ pūjayate sadā .. 14 ..
dadyāttatra baliṃ sājyaṃ kuryāddhi balipaṃcakam ..

Nārada said: / When the division of castes occurred in that town of Moheraka, / what was done by those conversant with the three Vedas, O Brahmā? Relate that to me who am asking. / Brahmā said: / All the brahmins in their own abode, their minds full of joy, / some devoted to the Agnihotra, some intent on Vedic sacrifices, / some tending the sacred fire, some continually engaged in Smārta rites, / knowers of the Purāṇas and Nyāya, expounders of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, / performing their righteous conduct with happiness, speakers of the Veda— / while those skilled souls were thus observing righteous conduct, / the best of brahmins spoke of the traditional duty, / the local customs, the family customs, those spoken by the tutelary goddess, / all that is laid down in the Dharmaśāstras, and that which was proclaimed by the Kājeśas. / The brahmins said: / O brahmins, whoever reveres the document with the red footprints, / he should be known as the chief of the caste; thereafter tribute should be given. / Having prepared red sandalwood, and likewise their renowned family, / with their feet reddened with saffron, anointed with fragrant unguents, flowers, and the like, / uniting, that which is written is called "the Red Footprint". / Attentive, let them all revere the written deed of Rāma; / and let the twice-born always worship the handprint of Rāma. / If there are faults in anyone’s good conduct, such as infidelity and the like, / a punishment should be imposed upon them as properly stated by the twice-born. / Let there be no mark of Rāma’s seal as long as he does not pay the fine; / without paying the fine, the mark of the seal is not to be worn. / And the brahmins should be known as having the seal on their hand, O best of kings. / When a son is born, the father should always give an offering to Śrīmātṛ: / twenty palas of clarified butter and five palas of molasses. / Having worshipped the son with saffron and the like as soon as he is born, / on the sixth day, O king, he should always worship Ṣaṣṭhī. / He should make an offering there with clarified butter and perform a fivefold offering.