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# Skandapurana 5.161.10

Skandapurāṇa 5.161.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.161.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.161.10)

kutracitkvacidevāsya kathaṃcicchuddhirasti cet ..  
na tacca vidyate śāstramasminsthāne na cāsti yat..9.. na smṛtirna purāṇaṃ ca vedāṃtaṃ vā dvijottamāḥ .. na cāsti brāhmaṇaḥ so'tra sarvajñapratimo na yaḥ .. 6.162.10 .. tasmāccintayata kṣipramasya śuddhipradaṃ hi yat ..

> See whether somewhere, in some way, purification exists for him.  
> There is no sacred treatise that does not exist in this place;  
> no smṛti, no Purāṇa, or Vedānta, O best of the twice-born;  
> and there is no brahmin here who does not resemble an omniscient one.  
> Therefore, reflect quickly on that which will grant him purification,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.161.10) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Hāṭakeśvaramāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.hatakesvaramahatmya.162.10) — Sanskrit

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