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# Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 78.18

Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa) 78.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [78.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.78.18)

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

> An umbrella should be given there to a brāhmaṇa endowed with auspicious marks.  
> And for those who were killed by a weapon, one should offer a śrāddha;  
> they go to the supreme world by the power of the gift of a rice-ball.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.18) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.78.18) — Sanskrit
- [Revākhaṇḍa (Skandapurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.revakhanda.101.20) — Sanskrit

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