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# Skandapurana 3.2.41.41

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.41.41

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.41.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.41)

40 atha pūrvoktaprakāreṇa moherakapure jñātibhedasamutpattyanantaraṃ brāhmaṇādīnāṃ kaliyuge pāpācārabhītyā sarvasaṃmatyā paraṃparāgatadharmācārakulācārasthānācāraprabhṛtigotramātṛ-  
pūjāvidhyādivyavasthāpatrakaraṇavarṇanam, sarveṣāṃ moḍhabrāhmaṇānāṃ gotrapravarāvaṭaṃka  
śākhādivarṇanam, dharmāraṇyasthānāṃ vaṇijāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca dvijaśuśrūṣāparāyaṇatvo-  
padeśavarṇanam, dharmāraṇyamāhātmyaphalaśrutivarṇanapuraḥsaraṃ dharmāraṇyamāhātmyasamāpti-  
varṇanam......... 168 1

> 40. Then, after the emergence of the caste division in Moherakapura in the manner stated above, the description of the drafting of an agreement deed by unanimous consent among the brahmins and others, out of fear of sinful conduct in the Kali age, concerning traditional religious conduct, lineage conduct, local conduct, gotras, rules for mother-goddess worship, and so forth; the description of the gotras, pravaras, surnames, Vedic branches, and so forth of all the Moḍha brahmins; the description of the instruction to the merchants and Śūdras residing in Dharmāraṇya to remain devoted to serving the twice-born; the conclusion of the Dharmāraṇyamāhātmya, accompanied by the description of the phalaśruti of the Dharmāraṇyamāhātmya......... 168 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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