[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) › 5.205.4 # Skandapurana 5.205.4 Skandapurāṇa 5.205.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.205.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.205.4) aśmakuṭṭāḥ sthitāḥ keciddaṃtolūkhalinaḥ pare .. śīrṇaparṇāśanāḥ kecijjalāhārāstathā pare .. vāyubhakṣāstathaivānye tapastepuḥ sudāruṇam ..4.. > Some lived crushing food with stones, others using their teeth as mortars; > some subsisted on withered leaves, others had water as their food, > and others, subsisting on air, practiced most dreadful austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.205.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.205.3) - [Next: 5.205.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.205.5) - [Up: 5.205](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.205) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.205.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.205.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.205.4) · Pramāṇa