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# Skandapurana 16.129.17

Skandapurāṇa 16.129.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.129.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.129.17)

śūdrānnena dvijo yastu agnihotraṃ juhoti ca ..  
caṇḍālo jāyate pretya śūdrāccaiveha daivataḥ .. 17 ..

> A twice-born who performs the agnihotra offering with the food of a śūdra / is born after death as an outcaste, and in this life his deity becomes a śūdra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.138.17) — Sanskrit

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