[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 5.181.16 # Skandapurana 5.181.16 Skandapurāṇa 5.181.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.181.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.16) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. yadi tvaṃ bhoktukāmastu samāyāto vraja drutam .. etasyāṃ satraśālāyāṃ bhuñjate yatra tāpasāḥ .. dīnāndhāḥ kṛpaṇāścaiva tataḥ kṣutkṣāmakaṃṭhitāḥ .. 16 .. > The brahmins said: / "If you have come wishing to eat, go quickly / to this alms-hall where the ascetics eat, / as well as the wretched, blind, and miserable, their throats emaciated with hunger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.181.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.15) - [Next: 5.181.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.17) - [Up: 5.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.181.16) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.16.17) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.16) · Pramāṇa