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# Skandapurana 6.3.78.18

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.78.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.78.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.78.18)

chatraṃ tatra pradātavyaṃ brāhmaṇe śubhalakṣaṇe .  
śastreṇa tu hatā ye vai teṣāṃ śrāddhaṃ pradāpayet .  
te yānti paramaṃ lokaṃ piṇḍadānaprabhāvataḥ .. 78.18 ..

> An umbrella should be given there to a brahmin endowed with auspicious marks. / For those who were killed by a weapon, one should offer a śrāddha; / they go to the supreme realm through the power of the gift of rice-balls.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.78.18) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.78.18) — Sanskrit

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