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# Skandapurana 16.207.23

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.23)

brahmahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati ..  
varaṃ kurvandhruvaṃ devi na kuryādvedavikrayam ..23..

> A sin equal to killing a brahmin has never existed nor ever will. / It would be better to commit \[other wrongs\], O goddess, but one must certainly never sell the Veda. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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