[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) › 4.7.77 # Skandapurana 4.7.77 Skandapurāṇa 4.7.77 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.7.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.7.77) na svaḥ purī sā tvanayā purāsamaṃ samaṃjasāpi pratisāmyamāvaheta .. prabaṃdhabhedādvyatiriktapustakapratiryathā sallipibhedabhaṃgataḥ.. 75 .. payopi yatratyamaciṃtyavaibhavaṃ divisthitā sādhusudhāpyatomudhā.. tathā prasūtestu payodhare payo na pīyate pītamidaṃ yadi kvacit.. 76 .. anāmayāściṃtanayā na yeśiturjanāmanāgyatra vinā pinākinā .. na karmasatkarmakṛtopi kurvate'nukurvate śarvagaṇāṃśca sarvataḥ..77. > Even the city of heaven, though fair, cannot bear comparison with this city, / just as a different manuscript copy differs because of variations in textual division, through the breaking of good script. / The water here possesses unthinkable majesty; the good nectar residing in heaven is quite useless compared to it. / Likewise, milk from a mother's breast is never drunk again if this \[water\] has once been imbibed. / People here are free from disease through contemplating the Lord; without Pinākin there is nothing at all. / Even those who perform rituals do not act out of karma; everywhere they imitate the hosts of Śarva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.7.74.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.7.74.6) - [Next: 4.7.77\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.7.77_1) - [Up: 4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.7.77) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.7.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.7.77) · Pramāṇa