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Skandapurana 16.223.34

Skandapurāṇa 16.223.34

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16.223.34

mayā kadannaṃ dattaṃ ca paryuṣitaṃ brāhmaṇottame ..
brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sadā dānaṃ miṣṭānnena tu poṣaṇam ..
tasmātparyuṣitonāma saṃjāto'haṃ dharātale .. 34 ..

Bad, stale food was given by me to an excellent brahmin; / while giving to brahmins should always be feeding with sweet food. / Therefore I was born on the surface of the earth named Paryuṣita (the Stale-feeder).”

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