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# Skandapurana 5.203.2

Skandapurāṇa 5.203.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.203.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.203.2)

sāṃprataṃ śīlajāṃ brūhi naṣṭavaṃśaśca yo bhavet ..  
pitāmahaṃ na jānāti na ca mātāmahīṃ nijām ..  
tasya śuddhiḥ kathaṃ kāryā nāgaro'smīti yo vadet .. 2 ..

> Now tell of that which arises from conduct, for one whose lineage is lost— / who does not know his paternal grandfather, nor his maternal grandmother; / how should purification be performed for him who says, 'I am a Nāgara'? // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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