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# Skandapurana 16.207.44

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.44

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.44)

apūpaśca hiraṇyaṃ ca gāmaśvaṃ pṛthivīṃ tilān ..  
avidvānpratigṛhṇāti bhasmībhavati kāṣṭhavat ..44..

> If an ignorant man accepts cakes, gold, / a cow, a horse, land, or sesame seeds, he turns to ashes like wood. // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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