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# Skandapurana 1.4.53.40

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.53.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4.53.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.40)

amaithunaṃ yatīnāṃ ca manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ .. 18 ..

> Abstinence from sexual intercourse for ascetics in thought, speech, and bodily actions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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