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# Skandapurana 16.208.44

Skandapurāṇa 16.208.44

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.208.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.208.44)

pitā bhuṃkte dvija kare mukhe bhuṃkte pitāmahaḥ ..  
prapitāmahastālusthaḥ kaṇṭhe mātāmahaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 44 ..

> The father eats in the brahmin's hand; the grandfather eats in his mouth; / the great-grandfather is in the palate; the maternal grandfather is held to be in the throat. (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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