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# Skandapurana 16.205.76

Skandapurāṇa 16.205.76

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.205.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.205.76)

mahiṣī procyate bhāryā sā vaidhavye'bhicāriṇī ..  
tasyāṃ yaḥ kṣapate doṣāṃ sa vai māhiṣikaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 76 ..

> A wife is called a mahiṣī; if she is unfaithful in her widowhood, / he who endures her faults is remembered as a māhiṣika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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