[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) › 5.164.9 # Skandapurana 5.164.9 Skandapurāṇa 5.164.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.164.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.164.9) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kṣatriyo'pi kathaṃ vipro viśvā mitro mahāmate .. vasiṣṭhena kathaṃ nokto yaḥ prokto brahmaṇā svayam .. 9 .. > The seers said: > Even though a kṣatriya, how did Viśvāmitra become a brahmin, O noble-minded one? / Why was he, who was proclaimed by Brahmā himself, not spoken to \[as such\] by Vasiṣṭha? 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.164.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.164.8) - [Next: 5.164.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.164.10) - [Up: 5.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.164) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.164.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.164.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.164.9) · Pramāṇa