[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) › 1.4.13.52 # Skandapurana 1.4.13.52 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.13.52 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.52) tamuvāca tato daityaṃ viraṃco'maranāyakaḥ.. na yujyate vinā mṛtyuṃ dehino dehadhāraṇam.. jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyuḥ satyametacchrutīritam.. 15.52 .. > Then Virañci, the leader of the immortals, said to that daitya: / "For an embodied being, holding a body without death is not proper; / for death is certain for one who is born—this is the truth stated by the sacred tradition. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4.13.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.51) - [Next: 1.4.13.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.53) - [Up: 1.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.13.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.13.52) · Pramāṇa