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# Skandapurana 17.14.23

Skandapurāṇa 17.14.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.14.23)

gajaśīrṣairagamyāste nihatāḥ kṣatriyā raṇe ..  
sa homo yatra hūyaṃte gajāśca narapuṃgavāḥ .. 23 ..

> Those kṣatriyas slain in battle are an inaccessible forest of elephant-heads; / that is a \[true\] fire-offering where elephants and foremost among men are offered as oblations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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