Skandapurana 7.18.89_97

7.18.89_97

uttamaiṣāparā10 sṛṣṭirbrāhmaṇāḥ11 parameṣṭhinaḥ .
dharmādikaṃ caturvarṇaṃ sarvaṃ teṣu pratiṣṭhitam .. 12 . .
yajjuhvati12 havirviprāstena tṛpyanti devatāḥ .
jagat pratiṣṭhitaṃ sarvaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ13 hi tejasā . . 13 . .
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2 uñchavṛttirhiraṇyasya - kha ṭi. 3 tattva?- - kha. . 4 garīyāṃsaḥ (?) . 5 purā - ka. . 6 sṛṣṭvā - ka. . 7 agrībhūto? - ka. . 8 tatate - kha . 9 matsamāḥ (manmayāḥ) - kha, 10 purā - kha. . 11 brāhmaṇaṃ - ka . 12 juhvanti - ka. kha. . 13 brāhmaṇyena (?) .
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This other creation, the brāhmaṇas of the Supreme Lord, is supreme; / dharma and the rest, and the four varṇas—all are founded upon them. // 12
By the oblation which the vipras offer, the deities are gratified. / The entire world is indeed founded upon the splendour of brāhmaṇas. // 13