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# Skandapurana 16.166.126

Skandapurāṇa 16.166.126

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.166.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.126)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena śrāddhaṃ guptaṃ ca kārayet ..  
pitṝṇāṃ tṛptidaṃ proktaṃ svayameva svayaṃbhuvā ..126..

> Therefore, with every effort, one should perform the śrāddha secretly; / it is declared by the Self-manifest \[Brahmā\] himself to bring satisfaction to the ancestors. // 126  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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