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# Skandapurana 5.146.23

Skandapurāṇa 5.146.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.146.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.146.23)

mānuṣaṃ na kariṣyāmi niṣkāmaṃ ca kathaṃcana ..  
nirviṣṭo bhramamāṇo'tra saṃsāre dāruṇe tataḥ ..23 ..

> I will not make human life desireless in any way; / therefore, weary from wandering in this terrible cycle of worldly existence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Hāṭakeśvaramāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.hatakesvaramahatmya.147.23) — Sanskrit

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