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# Skandapurana 5.268.22

Skandapurāṇa 5.268.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.268.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.22)

paramaṃ daivataṃ kiṃcinna viprādvidyate param..  
tasmānme hṛtsthitaṃ nānyadapi rājyaṃ triviṣṭape..22..

> There is no supreme divinity higher than a brahmin; / therefore, nothing else stays in my heart, not even kingship in heaven."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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