[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 16.22.100 # Skandapurana 16.22.100 Skandapurāṇa 16.22.100 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.22.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.100) atha kiṃ bahunoktena brāhmaṇā māmakī tanuḥ .. ye kecitsāgarāṃtāyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ kīrtitā dvijāḥ .. tadūpaṃ devadevasya śivasya paramātmanaḥ .. 7.1.22.100 .. > Now, what is the use of speaking at length? The brahmins are my own body. / Whatever twice-born are celebrated on this ocean-girdled earth, / they are the form of the supreme self, Śiva, the god of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.22.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.99) - [Next: 16.22.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.101) - [Up: 16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.22.100) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.100) · Pramāṇa