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# Skandapurana 5.193.37

Skandapurāṇa 5.193.37

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.193.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.37)

yathaite daṃśamaśakā mānuṣāṇāṃ ca kīṭakāḥ ..  
jāyaṃte ca mriyaṃte ca gaṇyaṃte naiva kutracit ..  
indrādīnāṃ tathā martyāḥ saṃbhāvyā jagatītale .. 37 ..

> Just as these gadflies, mosquitoes, and worms of humans / are born and die and are not counted anywhere, / so mortals on the surface of the earth are to be regarded by Indra and the others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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