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# Skandapurana 16.207.38

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.38

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.38)

kārukānnaṃ prajā hanti balaṃ nirṇejakasya ca ..  
gaṇānnaṃ gaṇikānnaṃ ca lokebhyaḥ parikṛntati .. 38 ..

> The food of an artisan destroys offspring; that of a washerman destroys strength; / the food of a guild and the food of a courtesan cut one off from the heavenly worlds. // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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