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# Skandapurana 5.157.87

Skandapurāṇa 5.157.87

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.157.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.87)

kṛpaṇānāṃ prasādena śeṣo dhārayate mahīm ..  
yataste bhūgataṃ vittaṃ kurvate tasya coṣmaṇā .. 87 ..

> By the favor of misers Śeṣa holds the earth,  
> because they put their wealth into the ground, and by its warmth \[he supports it\]."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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