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# Skandapurana 16.255.28

Skandapurāṇa 16.255.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.255.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.28)

.. bharadvāja uvāca.. ..  
jīryaṃti jīryataḥ keśā daṃtā jīryaṃti jīryataḥ..  
cakṣuḥ śrotre ca jīryete tṛṣṇaikā na tu jīryate .. 28 ..

> Bharadvāja said: / As one grows old, the hair grows old; as one grows old, the teeth grow old; / the eyes and ears also grow old, but craving alone does not grow old. 28.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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