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# Skandapurana 1.4.23.4

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.23.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.23.4)

..nārada uvāca..  
satyametatpurā pārtha bhavasyedaṃ manīṣitam..  
ataptatapasā yogo na kartavyo mayā'nayā.. 25.4 ..

> Nārada said: / That is true, O Pārtha; formerly, Bhava's intention was this: / 'I should not enter into union with this \[maiden\] whose austerity has not been performed.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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