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# Skandapurana 3.3.20.164

Skandapurāṇa 3.3.20.164

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3.20.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.20.164)

veśyāḥ kaitavakāriṇyaḥ svairiṇyo janavaṃcakāḥ ..

> Courtesans are deceitful, self-willed, and swindlers of men;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.3.20.164) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Brahmottarakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.brahmottarakhanda.24.78) — Sanskrit

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