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# Skandapurana 16.206.31

Skandapurāṇa 16.206.31

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.206.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.206.31)

brāhmaṇaṃ tu kṛtaṃ proktaṃ tretā tu kṣatriyaṃ smṛtam ..  
vaiśyaṃ dvāparamityāhuḥ śūdraṃ kaliyugaṃ smṛtam ..31..

> The Kṛta age is declared brahminical, the Tretā is remembered as kṣatriya, / the Dvāpara they call vaiśya, and the Kali age is remembered as śūdra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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