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# Skandapurana 1.4.40.162

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.40.162

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4.40.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.162)

nirmamatvaṃ tapaścātra santoṣaḥ saptamo hradaḥ..  
bhagavadguṇavijñānādbhaktiḥ syātprathamā nadī.. 42.162 ..

> Selflessness, austerity, and contentment is the seventh lake. / From discernment of the Lord's attributes, devotion is the first river;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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