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# Skandapurana 17.6.96

Skandapurāṇa 17.6.96

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.6.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.6.96)

dīpaṃ dadāti no vipro māsamekaṃ nirantaram ..  
na bhuṃkte śākapatraṃ sa ekāhāro niraṃtaram .. 96 ..

> The brahmin did not offer a lamp continuously for one month; / he did not eat vegetable leaves, eating constantly only one meal a day \[out of stinginess\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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