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# Skandapurana 16.319.53

Skandapurāṇa 16.319.53

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.319.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.53)

.. viprā ūcuḥ .. ..  
īśvarājñā vṛthā kartuṃ na śakyā paramātmanaḥ ..  
tapo'gnihotraniṣṭhānāṃ vedādhyayanaśālinām ..53..

> The brahmins said: / “The command of the Lord, the Supreme Self, cannot be rendered futile / by those devoted to austerity and agnihotra and accomplished in Vedic recitation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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