Skandapurana 6.3.54.25

6.3.54.25

citrasena uvāca -
vijñāpayāmi viprarṣe kṣantavyaṃ te mamopari .
nāhaṃ vipro'smi vai tāta na vaiśyo na ca śūdrajaḥ .. 54.25 ..

Citrasena said: / "I submit this to you, O brahmin seer: you should forgive me. / I am not a brahmin, dear sir, nor a vaiśya, nor born of a śūdra. 54.25