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# Skandapurana 5.203.12

Skandapurāṇa 5.203.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.203.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.203.12)

.. viśvāmitra uvāca .. ..  
te sarve guṇasaṃpannā yathānye nāgarāstathā ..  
viśeṣaścāparasteṣāṃ te śakreṇa pratiṣṭhitāḥ .. 11 ..  
tena te gauravaṃ prāptāḥ sarveṣāṃ tu dvijanmanām .. 12 ..

> Viśvāmitra said: / They were all endowed with virtues just like other Nāgaras; / and they had another distinction: they were established by Śakra. / Because of that, they attained prestige among all twice-born. // 11–12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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