[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) › 5.198.63 # Skandapurana 5.198.63 Skandapurāṇa 5.198.63 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.198.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.198.63) vṛṣṭiḥ syādūṣare yadvatsatyametanmayoditam .. aṃdhasyāgre yathā nṛtyaṃ pragītaṃ badhirasya ca .. tathā ca vyarthatāṃ yāti anyasthānodbhavairdvijaiḥ .. 63 .. > It is like rain upon barren ground; this truth is spoken by me. / Just as a dance before a blind man, and singing for a deaf man, / so it goes to futility when performed with brahmins born of another place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.198.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.198.62) - [Next: 5.198.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.198.64) - [Up: 5.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.198) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.198.63) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.198.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.198.63) · Pramāṇa