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# Skandapurana 16.205.20

Skandapurāṇa 16.205.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.205.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.205.20)

kutsitaṃ kṛṣivāṇijyaṃ śuklaṃ śilpānuvṛttibhiḥ ..  
kṛtopakārādāptaṃ ca śaṃbalaṃ samudāhṛtam .. 7.1.205.20 ..

> Agriculture and trade are vile; wealth obtained through craft professions is pure; / and what is obtained from a service rendered is called provisions for the path.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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