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# Skandapurana 16.205.75

Skandapurāṇa 16.205.75

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.205.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.205.75)

ādau māhiṣakaṃ dṛṣṭvā madhye ca vṛṣalīpatim ..  
ante vārdhuṣikaṃ dṛṣṭvā nirāśāḥ pitaro gatāḥ .. 75 ..

> Seeing a keeper of buffaloes at the beginning, the husband of a Śūdra woman in the middle, / and a usurer at the end, the ancestors depart hopeless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Bṛhadyamasmṛti (182-verse version)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.yama*brhad.3.16) — Sanskrit

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