Shiva Purana

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तत्र त्रिवर्णतः श्रेष्ठो विप्र एव न संशयः ॥ इति प्राह दधीचो हि शिवभक्तस्तु वेदवित् ॥2.2.38.१०॥

sanskrit

Dadhīca, a great devotee of Śiva and a Vedic scholar said—A brahmin alone is the noble person in the three higher Varṇas. There is no doubt.

english translation

tatra trivarNataH zreSTho vipra eva na saMzayaH ॥ iti prAha dadhIco hi zivabhaktastu vedavit ॥2.2.38.10॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/58/10

तत्र त्रिवर्णतः श्रेष्ठो विप्र एव न संशयः ॥ इति प्राह दधीचो हि शिवभक्तस्तु वेदवित् ॥2.2.38.१०॥

sanskrit

Dadhīca, a great devotee of Śiva and a Vedic scholar said—A brahmin alone is the noble person in the three higher Varṇas. There is no doubt.

english translation

tatra trivarNataH zreSTho vipra eva na saMzayaH ॥ iti prAha dadhIco hi zivabhaktastu vedavit ॥2.2.38.10॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript