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# Skandapurana 16.17.199

Skandapurāṇa 16.17.199

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.17.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.17.199)

śūdrāścaivābhilaṣitānkāmānprāpsyaṃti bhāmini..  
apamṛtyubhayaṃ ghoraṃ mṛtyuto'pi mahābhayam..199.

> And śūdras will obtain their cherished desires, O spirited lady; / the terrible fear of premature death, which is even a greater fear than death, // 199  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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