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# Skandapurana 5.141.3

Skandapurāṇa 5.141.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.141.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.3)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..  
trividhāḥ puruṣāḥ sūta jāyaṃtetra mahītale ..  
uttamā madhyamāścānye tathā cānye'dhamāḥ sthitāḥ .. 3 ..

> The seers said: / Three kinds of men are born here on the surface of the earth, O Sūta: / the highest, the middling, and others who are base.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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