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# Skandapurana 16.255.35

Skandapurāṇa 16.255.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.255.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.35)

na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānāmupabhogena śāmyati ..  
haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivarddhate .. 35 ..

> Never is desire extinguished through the enjoyment of desires; / like a fire \[fed\] with clarified butter, it only blazes up all the more. 35.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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