[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) › 1.4.40.171 # Skandapurana 1.4.40.171 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.40.171 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.40.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.171) ekaḥ śāstā na dvitīyo'sti śāstā hṛdyeva tiṣṭhanpuruṣaṃ praśāsti.. tenābhiyuktaḥ praṇavādivodakaṃ yatā niyuktosmi tathācarāmi.. 42.171 .. > There is one ruler, there is no second ruler; dwelling within the heart, he rules the person. / Commanded by him, just as water \[flows\] down an incline, as I am directed, so I act. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4.40.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.170) - [Next: 1.4.40.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.172) - [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.1.4.40.171) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vaisnavakhanda.83.171) — Sanskrit - [Māheśvarakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.mahesvarakhanda.45.171) — Sanskrit - [Kaumārīkākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kaumarikakhanda.45.171) — Sanskrit - [Kumārikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.kumarikakhanda.44.171) — Sanskrit - [Kaumārakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kaumarakhanda.44.171) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.40.171) · Pramāṇa