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# Skandapurana 5.197.54

Skandapurāṇa 5.197.54

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.197.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.197.54)

yo liṃgagrahaṇaṃ kṛtvā tataḥ kopaparo bhavet ..  
tasya vṛthā hi tatsarvaṃ yathā bhasmahutaṃ tathā .. 54 ..

> He who, having taken up the marks \[of an ascetic\], then becomes prone to anger— / for him all of that is in vain, just like an oblation poured into ashes."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Hāṭakeśvaramāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.hatakesvaramahatmya.198.54) — Sanskrit

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