[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) › 5.161.5 # Skandapurana 5.161.5 Skandapurāṇa 5.161.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.161.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.161.5) brahmaghnastvaṃ yataḥ proktāstrayo varṇā dvijottamāḥ .. brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ smṛtiśāstraprapāṭhakaiḥ .. 5 .. .. > For you are the killer of a brahmin, since the three varṇas are declared > to be twice-born, O best of brahmins—brahmin, kṣatriya, and vaiśya—by the expounders of the smṛti treatises.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.161.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.161.4) - [Next: 5.161.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.161.6) - [Up: 5.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.161) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.161.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.161.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.161.5) · Pramāṇa