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# Skandapurana 16.129.26

Skandapurāṇa 16.129.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.129.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.129.26)

ajīgartaḥ sutaṃ haṃtumupasarpanbubhukṣitaḥ ..  
na cālipyata pāpena kṣutpratīghātamācaran .. 26 ..

> Ajīgarta, starving, approached to kill his son, / and he was not smeared with sin, acting to ward off hunger.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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