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# Skandapurana 5.123.12

Skandapurāṇa 5.123.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.123.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.123.12)

athāpaśyatsa vṛddhāṃ strīṃ stokasasyasamanvitām ..  
gacchamānāṃ tathā tena śrameṇa mahatānvitām ......  
tatastatsasyamādāya vastrāṇi ca sa nirdayaḥ..  
jagāma svagṛhaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ pitṛbhyāṃ ca nyavedayat..12..

> Then he saw an old woman carrying a small amount of grain, / walking along, overcome with great fatigue. / Thereupon, taking that grain and her clothes, that pitiless man / went home delighted and offered it to his parents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.123.12) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Hāṭakeśvaramāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.hatakesvaramahatmya.124.11) — Sanskrit
- [Parārahasya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.srividya.pararahasya.33.11) — Sanskrit
- [Parārahasi Saubhāgyacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.srividya.pararahasisaubhagyacintamani.33.11) — Sanskrit

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