[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 2.5.18.13 # Skandapurana 2.5.18.13 Skandapurāṇa 2.5.18.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.18.13) 12 vīrabāhunā prāgjanmanyātmanaḥ śūdratvaprāptikāraṇaṃ pṛṣṭena devaśarmaṇā dvijena prāgbrāhmaṇatvaṃ gatenāpi daśamīyutadvādaśīsvīkaraṇadoṣeṇa tasya śūdratvaprāptivṛttāntakathanapūrvakaṃ daśamīyutadvādaśīniṣedhakathanaga, prāgjanmani viprātithyādisukarmaṇā śūdratve'pi tasya sanmatirjātā'to'vaśyamevātithisatkāraḥ kārya ityādivarṇanaṃ ca, rājñe bharadvājenaikādaśīvratodyāpanavidhikramavarṇanama, akhaṇḍaikādaśīvratakathanama.. 203 1 > 12. King Vīrabāhu having asked about the cause of his attaining the state of a Śūdra in a previous birth, the narration by the twice-born Devaśarman of the account of his attaining the state of a Śūdra due to the flaw of observing Dvādaśī combined with Daśamī, despite having previously been a brahmin, followed by the prohibition of Dvādaśī combined with Daśamī; the description that even though he became a Śūdra, righteous discernment arose in him on account of the good deed of hospitality to a brahmin in a previous birth, and therefore hospitality to guests must certainly be performed; the description by Bharadvāja to the king of the sequence of the rite for the concluding ceremony of the Ekādaśī observance; narration of the unbroken Ekādaśī observance. 203.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.5.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.18.12) - [Next: 2.5.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.18.14) - [Up: 2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.5.18.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.5.18.13) · Pramāṇa