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# Skandapurana 16.207.22

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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