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# Skandapurana 16.208.5

Skandapurāṇa 16.208.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.208.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.208.5)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
vṛthā janmāni catvāri yāni tāni nibodha me ..  
kuputrāṇāṃ vṛthā janma ye ca dharmabahiṣkṛtāḥ ..  
pravāsaṃ ye ca gacchaṃti paradāraratāḥ sadā .. 5 ..

> Īśvara said: / "Learn from me which the four useless births are: / useless is the birth of wicked sons and of those expelled from dharma, / and of those who go abroad, constantly devoted to other men's wives, // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.208.5) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.218.5) — Sanskrit
- [Vyavahāramādhava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharamadhava.20.316) — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit

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