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# Skandapurana 16.208.24

Skandapurāṇa 16.208.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.208.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.208.24)

yo hīdṛśīṃ gāṃ dadāti devoddeśena mānavaḥ ..  
pratyutādhogatiṃ yāti kliśyate ca maheśvari .. 24 ..

> For a man who gives such a cow dedicating it to a deity, / on the contrary goes to a downward state and suffers, O great goddess. (24)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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