[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) › 7.18.89\_103 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_103 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_103 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_103) brāhmaṇaśca tapasvī ca na janma punarāpnute . vidvadbrāhmaṇatāṃ labdhvā kinna labdhaṃ hi dehinā22 . . 24. . mūrttayo yāḥ smṛtā hyaṣṭāvarkasomādayo mama . sarvāstā nivasanti sma brāhmaṇe tapasaidhite23 ..25.. > A brāhmaṇa who is an ascetic does not obtain rebirth again. / Having attained the status of a learned brāhmaṇa, what indeed has an embodied soul not attained? // 24 > Those eight forms of mine which are known, beginning with the sun and moon— / all of them dwell in a brāhmaṇa enhanced by austerity. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_102) - [Next: 7.18.89\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_104) - [Up: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.18.89_103) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.70.22) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_103) · Pramāṇa