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# Skandapurana 16.207.31

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.31

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.31)

mṛtake yastu bhuñjīta gṛhītaśaśibhāskare ..  
gajacchāyāsu yaḥ kaścittaṃ ca śūdravadācaret .. 31 ..

> He who eats during a period of death-impurity, or during an eclipse of the moon or sun, / or at an elephant's shadow—one should treat him as a Śūdra. // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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