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# Skandapurana 16.255.26

Skandapurāṇa 16.255.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.255.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.26)

arthasaṃpadvimohāya bahuśokāya caiva hi ..  
tasmādarthamanarthākhyaṃ śreyo'rthī dūratastyajet .. 26 ..

> An abundance of wealth leads indeed to delusion and to abundant sorrow; / therefore, one who desires the highest good should abandon from afar wealth, which is \[really\] called misfortune. 26.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.255.26) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.19.247) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.10.26-2) — Sanskrit

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