[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 16.207.39 # Skandapurana 16.207.39 Skandapurāṇa 16.207.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.207.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.39) pūyaṃ cikitsakasyānnaṃ puṃścalyāstvannamindriyam .. viṣṭhā vārdhuṣikasyānnaṃ śastravikrayiṇo malam .. 39 .. > The food of a physician is pus; the food of an unchaste woman is sexual fluid; / the food of a usurer is excrement; that of an arm-seller is dirt. // 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.207.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.38) - [Next: 16.207.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.40) - [Up: 16.207](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.207.39) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.21.p37) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiviveka.9.7) — Śūlapāṇi, Sanskrit - [Smṛtimuktāphala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtimuktaphala.7.15-2.2) — Vaidyanātha Dīkṣita 1575, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.39) · Pramāṇa