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# Skandapurana 16.223.35

Skandapurāṇa 16.223.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.223.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.223.35)

.. gautama uvāca .. ..  
na vinā bhojanenaiva vartante prāṇino bhuvi ..  
kimāhārā bhavanto vai vadadhvaṃ mama kautukāt .. 35 ..

> Gautama said: / “Living beings do not exist on earth without food. / What is your sustenance? Tell me out of my curiosity.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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