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# Skandapurana 16.207.54

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.54

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.54)

bhakṣyaṃ nityamṛtaṃ jñeyamamṛtaṃ syādayācitam ..  
mṛtaṃ tu vṛddhyājīvitvaṃ pramṛtaṃ karṣaṇaṃ smṛtam .. 54 ..

> Gleaned grain is to be known as ṛta; what is unasked for is amṛta; / living by usury is mṛta; agriculture is remembered as pramṛta. // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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