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# Skandapurana 16.207.75

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.75

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.75)

yatiścetprārthayellobhāddīyamānaṃ pratigraham ..  
na tasya deyaṃ vidvadbhirna lobhaḥ śasyate yateḥ .. 75 ..

> If an ascetic, out of greed, begs for an offering being given, / it should not be given to him by the wise; greed in an ascetic is not praised. // 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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