[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\_98 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_98 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_98 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_98) 934 mṛtyujanmāpahaṃ yattanmama pāśupataṃ vratan . na varṇāḥ sādhayantyanye muktvā brāhmaṇasattamān ..14. . lakṣaṇaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi dvijātīnāmidaṃ śṛṇu . śaucārjavavidhānaṃ ca prabhāvaṃ karma caiva ha . .1 5. . brāhmaṇastu bhavejjātyā14 saṃskārād dvija ucyate . vidyayā vipratāṃ yāti brāhmaṇyaṃ trividhaṃ smṛtam . . 16.. > That Pāśupata observance of mine, which destroys death and rebirth— / other castes do not accomplish it, leaving aside the foremost of brāhmaṇas. // 14 > I shall declare the characteristic mark of the twice-born; listen to this: / the rules of purity and straightforwardness, their power, and indeed their rites. // 15 > One is a brāhmaṇa by birth; by sacramental rite one is called twice-born; / by learning one attains the status of a vipra; the state of a brāhmaṇa is declared to be threefold. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_97) - [Next: 7.18.89\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_99) - [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_98) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.70.13) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_98) · Pramāṇa