[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 16.255.40 # Skandapurana 16.255.40 Skandapurāṇa 16.255.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.255.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.40) .. aruṃdhatyuvāca .. .. bisataṃturyathā nityaṃ samaṃtānnālasaṃsthitaḥ .. tṛṣṇā caivamanādyaṃtā tathā dehāśritā sadā .. 7.1.255.40 .. > Arundhatī said: / Just as a lotus fiber remains constantly within the stalk all around, / even so does craving, without beginning or end, ever reside in the body. 40. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.255.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.39) - [Next: 16.255.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.41) - [Up: 16.255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.255.40) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.19.266) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.10.45) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.40) · Pramāṇa