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# Skandapurana 16.206.43

Skandapurāṇa 16.206.43

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.206.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.206.43)

bhājaneṣu ca tiṣṭhatsu svastiṃ kurvanti ye dvijāḥ ..  
tadannamasurairbhuktaṃ nirāśāḥ pitaro gatāḥ .. 43 ..

> While the dishes are still present, if the twice-born pronounce 'svasti', / that food is consumed by the asuras, and the ancestors depart hopeless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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