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# Skandapurana 16.205.61

Skandapurāṇa 16.205.61

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.205.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.205.61)

cikitsakāndevalakānmāṃsa vikrayiṇastathā ..  
vipaṇaiḥ pīrajīvaṃto varjyāḥ syurhavyakavyayoḥ .. 61 ..

> Physicians, temple-priests (devalakas), sellers of meat, / and those who live by market trade—they should be avoided in offerings to gods and ancestors; // 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (3)

- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.152) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- [Śrāddhakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi.2.p70) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit
- [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.10.p1.23) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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