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# Agnipurana 172.1

Agnipurāṇa 172.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [172.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.172.1)

puṣkara uvāca  
paradāraparadravyajīvahiṃsādike yadā /  
pravartate nṛṇāṃ cittaṃ prāyaścittaṃ stutistadā //

> Puṣkara said: / When people's minds turn toward adultery, taking others' wealth, harming living beings, and the like, / then praise \[of God\] is the expiation:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.172.1) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.172.1) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.5.94.133) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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