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# Skandapurana 16.255.34

Skandapurāṇa 16.255.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.255.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.34)

.. viśvāmitra uvāca .. ..  
kāmaṃ kāmayamānasya yadi kāmaḥ sa siddhyati ..  
tathainamaparaḥ kāmo bhūyo vidhyati bāṇavat ..34..

> Viśvāmitra said: / If a desire succeeds for one who desires desire, / then another desire pierces him again like an arrow. 34.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.255.34) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.19.257) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.10.37) — Sanskrit

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