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# Skandapurana 16.166.19

Skandapurāṇa 16.166.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.166.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.19)

piturgehe tu yā kanyā rajaḥ paśyatyasaṃskṛtā ..  
brahmahatyā pitustasya sā kanyā vṛṣalī smṛtā .. 19 ..

> “That maiden who in her father's house sees her menses while unbetrothed / \[causes\] the sin of killing a brahmin to her father, and that maiden is deemed a degraded woman.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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