Skandapurana 7.16.24_111

7.16.24_111

brahmaṇatve49 (?) mahāsatve aṇadhātustu bhakṣaṇe .
brahma bhakṣayate yasmād brāhmaṇastena sa smṛtaḥ . .5 2. .
jāyante ye punarjātā hyupanītā mahātmabhiḥ .
tato devi dvijākhyeyaṃ teṣu nityaṃ nipātyate ..53 . .
viyadityucyate vyoma prakāraḥ50 prāpaṇe smṛtaḥ .
divaṃ saṃprāpayantyete devi51 viprāstataḥ smṛtā . .54..

In the word *brāhmaṇa*, the root *aṇ* denotes eating, in the sense of great oblation;
because he eats Brahman, he is called a *brāhmaṇa*.
Those who, born again, are invested with the sacred thread by high-souled men,
therefore, O goddess, the designation *dvija* (‘twice-born’) is ever applied to them.
*Viyat* is called the sky, and the letter *p* is remembered to mean bringing [there];
they cause one to reach heaven; therefore, O goddess, they are called *vipras*.