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# Skandapurana 16.255.30

Skandapurāṇa 16.255.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.255.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.30)

yathā śṛṃgaṃ ruroḥ kāye varddhamāne hi varddhate ..  
anaṃtapārā durvārā tṛṣṇā duḥkhapradā sadā ..  
adharmabahulā caiva tasmāttāṃ parivarjayet.. ... 7.1.255.30 ..

> Just as a horn on a deer's body grows as it grows, / \[so\] craving is boundless, irresistible, ever bringing sorrow, / and full of unrighteousness; therefore, one should shun it. 30.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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