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# Skandapurana 16.255.36

Skandapurāṇa 16.255.36

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.255.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.36)

kāmānabhilaṣanlobhānna naraḥ sukhamedhate..  
samālabhya tarucchāyāṃ bhavanaṃ vāñcho naraḥ ..36..

> Desiring desires out of greed, a man does not thrive in happiness; / having reached the shade of a tree, a man desires a mansion. 36.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.266.36) — Sanskrit

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