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# Skandapurana 16.207.53

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.53

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.53)

ṛtāmṛtābhyāṃ jīveta mṛtena pramṛtena vā ..  
satyānṛtābhyāṃ jīveta na śvavṛttyā kathaṃcana .. 53 ..

> One may live by ṛta and amṛta, or by mṛta and pramṛta, / or one may live by satyānṛta, but by a dog's livelihood under no circumstance. // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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