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# Skandapurana 5.237.56

Skandapurāṇa 5.237.56

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.237.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.237.56)

tāvadgarjaṃti pāpāni narakāstāvadeva hi ..  
tāvanmāyāsahasrāṇi yāvanmāso pavāsakaḥ .. 56 ..

> Sins roar only so long, hells \[threaten\] only so long, / and thousands of illusions \[persist\] only so long, until one fasts for a month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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