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# Skandapurana 5.246.40

Skandapurāṇa 5.246.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.246.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.246.40)

aśvatthe caraṇaṃ dattvā brahmahatyā prajāyate ..  
niṣkāraṇaṃ saṃkuthitvā narake pacyate dhruvam .. 6.247.40 ..

> Placing a foot upon the aśvattha produces \[the sin of\] killing a brahmin. / Having hacked it without cause, one is surely cooked in hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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