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# Skandapurana 16.205.74

Skandapurāṇa 16.205.74

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.205.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.205.74)

yāvadbhiḥ saṃspṛśatyaṅgairbrāhmaṇāñchrūdrayājakaḥ ..  
tāvatāṃ na bhavetpretya dāturvā tasya paitrikam .. 74 ..

> With as many limbs as a priest officiating for a Śūdra touches brahmins, / for that many \[ancestors\] in the hereafter, or for that donor, the ancestral rite bears no fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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