Skandapurana 7.6.86_72

7.6.86_72

pratigrahanivṛttāśca īśabhaktāśca ye dvijāḥ .
kṣatriyā ye ca rakṣārthaṃ prajānāṃ23 nityamudyatāḥ .. 1 2. .
tyajanti samare prāṇān na te narakagāminaḥ .
vaiśyā vārtāsamāyuktā24 nyāyadharmavyavasthitāḥ . . 13 ..

and those twice-born who abstain from accepting gifts and are devoted to the Lord; / and those kṣatriyas who are constantly intent upon protecting the subjects, // 12
who give up their lives in battle—they do not go to hell; / vaiśyas engaged in agriculture, trade, and cattle-rearing, steadfast in righteous livelihood, // 13