Skandapurana 7.18.89_98

7.18.89_98

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mṛtyujanmāpahaṃ yattanmama pāśupataṃ vratan .
na varṇāḥ sādhayantyanye muktvā brāhmaṇasattamān ..14. .
lakṣaṇaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi dvijātīnāmidaṃ śṛṇu .
śaucārjavavidhānaṃ ca prabhāvaṃ karma caiva ha . .1 5. .
brāhmaṇastu bhavejjātyā14 saṃskārād dvija ucyate .
vidyayā vipratāṃ yāti brāhmaṇyaṃ trividhaṃ smṛtam . . 16..

That Pāśupata observance of mine, which destroys death and rebirth— / other castes do not accomplish it, leaving aside the foremost of brāhmaṇas. // 14
I shall declare the characteristic mark of the twice-born; listen to this: / the rules of purity and straightforwardness, their power, and indeed their rites. // 15
One is a brāhmaṇa by birth; by sacramental rite one is called twice-born; / by learning one attains the status of a vipra; the state of a brāhmaṇa is declared to be threefold. // 16