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# Skandapurana 5.165.48

Skandapurāṇa 5.165.48

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.165.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.48)

ekaviṃśatidā yena dharā niḥkṣatriyā kṛtā ..  
kṣāttratejaḥprabhāvena pitāmahaprasādataḥ .. 48 ..

> by whom the earth was made devoid of kṣatriyas twenty-one times, / by the power of kṣatriya splendour, through the grace of his grandfather.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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