[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) › 16.255.53 # Skandapurana 16.255.53 Skandapurāṇa 16.255.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.255.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.53) .. bharadvāja uvāca.. nṛśaṃso vai sa bhavatu samṛddhyā cāpyahaṃkṛ taḥ .. matsarī piśunaścaiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 53 .. > Bharadvāja said: / May he be cruel and arrogant because of prosperity; / may he be envious and slanderous, who commits the theft of the lotus stalks. 53. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.255.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.52) - [Next: 16.255.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.54) - [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.16.255.53) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.10.71) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.53) · Pramāṇa