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# Skandapurana 16.255.12

Skandapurāṇa 16.255.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.255.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.12)

rājovāca ..  
pratigraho brāhmaṇānāṃ dṛṣṭā vṛttiraniṃditā..  
tasmātpratigrahaṃ matta gṛhṇīdhvaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ .. 12..

> The king said: / Acceptance of gifts is seen as a blameless livelihood for brahmins; / therefore, accept a gift from me, O foremost sages!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.255.12) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.19.228) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.10.10) — Sanskrit

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