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# Skandapurana 16.255.61

Skandapurāṇa 16.255.61

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.255.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.61)

.. śunomukha uvāca.. ..  
vedānsa paṭhatu nyāyādgṛhasthaḥ syātpriyātithiḥ ..  
satyaṃ vadatu cājasraṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ ..61..

> Śunomukha said:  
> “May he study the Vedas in accordance with proper rule, be a householder devoted to guests, / and constantly speak truth—he who steals the lotus stalks!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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