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# Skandapurana 5.157.79

Skandapurāṇa 5.157.79

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.157.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.79)

dhaninopyadānavibhavā gaṇyaṃte dhuri daridrāṇām..  
nahi haṃti yatpipāsāmataḥ samudro'pi marureva .. 79 ..

> Rich men who have riches without giving are counted at the head of the destitute;  
> since it does not quench thirst, even the ocean is nothing but a desert.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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