Skandapurana 7.12.584_63

7.12.584_63

35 ca - kha. . 36 samaśnute - kha. . - kha. . 37 gacchate - kha. . 38 divi pūjitaḥ - ka., divimūrjitaḥ - kha . 39 sarvasya - ka. . 40 sa narottamaḥ - ka. . 41. deteva - ka., deveha - kha. . 42 kṛcchrasya - ka kha. . 43 siddho - ka. . 44 bhakto - kha. . 45... va sa (śa)ḥ - ka . 46 yaścaitānyeva - ka . 47 dīvyamāno- vatiṣṭhate - kha. .
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etānyeva ca sarvāṇi dānāni ca tapāṃsi ca .
vinā mantreṇa satataṃ śūdrāṇāmapi sarvaśaḥ . . 67. .
vidhīyate na sandeho evamāha prajāpatiḥ .
amantrāste smṛtāḥ sarve śūdrā vigatakalmaṣāḥ . . 68. .
strīṇāṃ tu daivataṃ48 bharttā na tatonyadvidhīyate .
sa gatiḥ paramaṃ dhāma sa dharmaḥ paramaḥ smṛtaḥ . . 69..

35 ca - kha. . 36 samaśnute - kha. . - kha. . 37 gacchate - kha. . 38 divi pūjitaḥ - ka., divimūrjitaḥ - kha . 39 sarvasya - ka. . 40 sa narottamaḥ - ka. . 41. deteva - ka., deveha - kha. . 42 kṛcchrasya - ka kha. . 43 siddho - ka. . 44 bhakto - kha. . 45... va sa (śa)ḥ - ka . 46 yaścaitānyeva - ka . 47 dīvyamāno- vatiṣṭhate - kha. .
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And all these same [observances], both gifts and austerities, / are always prescribed for Śūdras too in every way without mantras; / of this there is no doubt—so spoke Prajāpati. // 67
All those Śūdras are declared to be without mantras, cleansed of defilements. // 68
For women, however, the husband is the deity; none other is prescribed. / He is the goal, the supreme abode; he is traditionally regarded as the supreme duty. // 69