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# Skandapurana 1.4.14.38

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.14.38

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.38)

..bṛhaspatiruvāca..  
sāmapūrvaṃ smṛtā nītiścaturaṃgāmanīkinīm..  
jigīṣatāṃ suraśreṣṭha sthitireṣā sanātanī.. 16.38 ..

> Bṛhaspati said: / “Policy preceded by conciliation is remembered for those who wish to conquer / a fourfold army, O best of the gods; this is the eternal rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.14.38) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (5)

- [Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vaisnavakhanda.57.38) — Sanskrit
- [Māheśvarakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.mahesvarakhanda.18.38) — Sanskrit
- [Kaumārīkākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kaumarikakhanda.18.38) — Sanskrit
- [Kumārikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.kumarikakhanda.18.38) — Sanskrit
- [Kaumārakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kaumarakhanda.18.38) — Sanskrit

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