[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) › 1.4.40.123 # Skandapurana 1.4.40.123 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.40.123 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.40.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.123) saṃprāpyottaramaṃśena dehaṃ tyajati pūrvakam.. maraṇātprārthanā duḥkhamadhikaṃ hi vivekinaḥ.. 42.123 .. > having reached the next \[body\] with a part \[of itself\], it abandons the previous one. / Begging is indeed a greater sorrow than death to a discerning person: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4.40.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.122) - [Next: 1.4.40.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.124) - [Up: 1.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.40.123) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vaisnavakhanda.83.123) — Sanskrit - [Māheśvarakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.mahesvarakhanda.45.123) — Sanskrit - [Kaumārīkākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kaumarikakhanda.45.123) — Sanskrit - [Kumārikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.kumarikakhanda.44.123) — Sanskrit - [Kaumārakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kaumarakhanda.44.123) — Sanskrit - [Śivadharmottara (another edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmottara*alt.1.8.149) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.123) · Pramāṇa