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# Skandapurana 16.129.20

Skandapurāṇa 16.129.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.129.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.129.20)

kārukānnaṃ prajā hanti balaṃ nirṇejakasya ca ..  
gaṇānnaṃ gaṇikānnaṃ ca lokebhyaḥ parikṛntati .. 7.1.129.20 ..

> An artisan's food destroys offspring; a washerman's food destroys strength; / the food of a guild and the food of a courtesan cut one off from the \[heavenly\] worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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