[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) › 5.69.2 # Skandapurana 5.69.2 Skandapurāṇa 5.69.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.69.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tato niḥkṣatriye loke kṣattriṇyo vaṃśakāraṇāt .. kṣetrajānbrāhmaṇebhyaśca suṣuvustanayā nvarān..... te vṛddhiṃ ca samāsādya kṣetrajāḥ kṣatriyopamāḥ .. jagṛhurmedinīṃ vīryātsaṃnirasya dvijottamān..2.. > Sūta said: / Then, when the world was stripped of kṣatriyas, the kṣatriya women, for the sake of lineage, / gave birth through brahmins to excellent field-born sons. / These field-born sons, resembling kṣatriyas, grew to maturity, / and by their prowess expelled the best of the twice-born and seized the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.68.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.68.68) - [Next: 5.69.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.3) - [Up: 5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.69.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.2) · Pramāṇa