[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 1.3.14.71 # Skandapurana 1.3.14.71 Skandapurāṇa 1.3.14.71 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.14.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.14.71) arthaśāstrapareṇaiva vidhinā tamabodhayat.. ātatāyinamāyāṃtaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vā tapasvinam.. haṃtukāmaṃ jighāṃsīyānna tena brahmahā bhavet.. 16.71 .. > he instructed him by the rule pertaining to statecraft alone: / "If an assailant, even a brahmin or an ascetic, approaches / wishing to kill, one should wish to kill him; thereby one does not become the slayer of a brahmin." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.3.14.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.14.70) - [Next: 1.3.14.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.14.72) - [Up: 1.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.3.14.71) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.14.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.14.71) · Pramāṇa