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# Skandapurana 16.130.80

Skandapurāṇa 16.130.80

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.130.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.130.80)

brāhmaṇaiśca samādeyaṃ na tu śūdraiḥ kadācana ..  
nādhikāro'sti śūdrasya vrate pāśupate sadā .. 7.1.130.80 ..

> It must be taken up by brahmins, but never by śūdras; / a śūdra never has authority regarding the Pāśupata vow. // 80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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