[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Agnipurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) › 152.1 # Agnipurana 152.1 Agnipurāṇa 152.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [152.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.152.1) puṣkara uvāca ājīvaṃstu yathoktena brāhmaṇaḥ svena karmaṇā / kṣatraviṭśūdradharmeṇa jīvennaiva tu śūdrajāt // > Puṣkara said: / A brāhmaṇa unable to make a living by his own prescribed duty / may live by the duty of a kṣatriya, vaiśya, or śūdra, but never from a śūdra's birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 151.18.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.151.18.p4) - [Next: 152.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.152.2) - [Up: 152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.152) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.152.1) — English, machine translation ## Other recensions (1) - [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.152.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Rājanītiprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.rajanitiprakasa.1.p4) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.152.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.152.1) · Pramāṇa