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Skandapurana 5.217.18

Skandapurāṇa 5.217.18

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5.217.18

śrāddhe bhuktvātha dattvā vā yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurutelpadhīḥ ..
svādhyāyaṃ pitarastasya yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ nṛpa ..
vyarthaśrāddhaphalāḥ saṃtaḥ pīḍyaṃte kṣutpipāsayā .. 18 ..

That foolish man who, having eaten or having offered [oblations] at a śrāddha, performs recitation of the Veda, / his ancestors, O king, for a whole year, / having their śrāddha-fruit rendered futile, are tormented by hunger and thirst.

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