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# Skandapurana 16.207.47

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.47

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.47)

somavikrayaṇe viṣṭhā bheṣaje pūyaśoṇitam ..  
naṣṭaṃ devalake dānaṃ hyapratiṣṭhaṃ ca vārdhuke .. 47 ..

> In the selling of soma is excrement; in medicine, pus and blood; / a gift given to a temple priest is wasted, and \[a gift given\] to a usurer brings no foundation. // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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