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# Skandapurana 16.22.83

Skandapurāṇa 16.22.83

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.22.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.83)

āsanno hi dahatyagnirdūrāddahati brāhmaṇaḥ ..  
prarohatyagninā dagdhaṃ brahmadagdhaṃ na rohati .. 83 ..

> Fire burns when near, but a brahmin burns from afar. / What is burnt by fire sprouts again; what is burnt by a brahmin does not grow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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