[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) › 5.214.53 # Skandapurana 5.214.53 Skandapurāṇa 5.214.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.214.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.214.53) api dvādaśadhā rājannaurasādisamu dbhavāḥ .. teṣāmekatamo'pyatra na daivājjāyate sutaḥ .. 52 .. pitṝṇāṃ guptaye tena sthāpyo'śvatthaḥ samādhinā .. putravatparipālyaśca nirviśeṣaṃ narādhipa.. .. 53 .. > Even though there are twelve kinds \[of sons\], O king, born of one's own body and so on, / if by fate not even one son among them is born here, / then, for the protection of the ancestors, a peepal tree should be planted with contemplation / and protected just like a son, without any distinction, O ruler of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.214.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.214.51) - [Next: 5.214.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.214.54) - [Up: 5.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.214) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.214.53) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.214.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.214.53) · Pramāṇa