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# Skandapurana 5.140.59

Skandapurāṇa 5.140.59

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.140.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.59)

sa miṣṭānnamavāpnoti yadi kāmayate dvijāḥ ..  
niṣkāmo vā samabhyeti sthānaṃ devasya śūlinaḥ.. 59 ..

> attains sweet food if he desires it, O twice-born; / or, if he is desireless, he reaches the abode of the trident-bearing god.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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