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# Skandapurana 16.22.92

Skandapurāṇa 16.22.92

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.22.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.22.92)

kṣatrasyātipravṛddhasya brāhmaṇānāṃ prabhāvataḥ ..  
brāhmaṃ hi paramaṃ pūjyaṃ kṣatraṃ hi brahmasaṃbhavam .. 92 ..

> Even when the kṣatriya power grows very great, by the power of brahmins \[it is checked\]; / for the brahmin power is supreme and worthy of honor, since the kṣatriya order originated from the brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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