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Skandapurana 16.207.22

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.22

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Sanskrit

16.207.22

ādeśaṃ paṭhate yastu rājadvāre tu mānavaḥ ..
so'pi devi bhavedvṛkṣa ūṣare kaṃṭakāvṛtaḥ ..
sthito vai nṛpatidvāri yaḥ kuryādvedavikrayam ..22..

The man who recites a royal edict at the king’s gate, / he too, O goddess, becomes a thorn-covered tree in a barren desert— / [and likewise] one who stays at the king’s gate and sells the Veda. // 22

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