[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\_99 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_99 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_99 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_99) yaśca jātyā bhaved vipro yaśca15 syād vedapāragaḥ . tayostrāṇe vadhe cāpi16 puṇyapāpe17 same18 smṛte19 .. 17. . jātyā ca yo bhavedvipraḥ sarvāgamaviśāradaḥ20 . tapaśaucasamāyuktastryavadātaḥ sa ucyate . . 18 . . tādṛśaṃ bhojayecchrāddhe daive karmaṇi vāpi21 yaḥ . akṣayaṃ tad bhavet tasya vyavadātasya tarpaṇāt ..1 9.. > He who is a vipra by birth and he who has mastered the Veda— / in protecting them and in slaying them, the merit and sin are declared to be equal. // 17 > And the vipra who is one by birth, proficient in all the āgamas, / endowed with austerity and purity, is called 'thrice-pure.' // 18 > Whoever feeds such a one in an ancestral rite or in a rite for the gods— / that becomes inexhaustible for him through the satiation of that purified one. // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_98) - [Next: 7.18.89\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_100) - [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_99) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.70.16) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_99) · Pramāṇa