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# Skandapurana 16.207.58

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.58

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.58)

ajīvankarmaṇā svena vipraḥ kṣāttraṃ samāśrayet ..  
vaiśyakarmā'thavā kuryādvārṣalaṃ parivarjayet .. 58 ..

> If unable to make a living by his own occupation, a brahmin may take up that of a kṣatriya, / or he may perform the work of a vaiśya; but he must avoid that of a Śūdra. // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Bārhaspatyasaṃhitā (Aṅgiras)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.barhaspatyasamhita.33.2) — Aṅgiras, Sanskrit

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