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# Skandapurana 16.205.58

Skandapurāṇa 16.205.58

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.205.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.205.58)

na brāhmaṇānparīkṣeta devakarmaṇyupa sthite ..  
paitrakarmaṇi saṃprāpte parīkṣeta prayatnataḥ .. 58 ..

> One should not examine brahmins when a rite for the gods is undertaken; / but when a ancestral rite has arrived, one should examine them with effort. // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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