[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) › 5.258.21 # Skandapurana 5.258.21 Skandapurāṇa 5.258.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.258.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.258.21) guṇatrayamayairbhāvaiḥ satataṃ prāṇabudbudāḥ .. yeṣāṃ vākyajalenaiva pāpiṣṭhā api śuddhatām .. prayāṃti pāpapuṃjāśca bhasmasādyāṃti pāpinām .. 21 .. > By states consisting of the three guṇas, \[all\] are continually bubbles of breath. / By the very water of the words of those \[brahmins\], even the most sinful attain purity, / and the heaps of sins of sinners are reduced to ashes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.258.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.258.20) - [Next: 5.258.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.258.22) - [Up: 5.258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.258) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.258.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Hāṭakeśvaramāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.hatakesvaramahatmya.262.21) — Sanskrit - [Cāturmāsyamāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sangraha.caturmasyamahatmya.26.21) — Sanskrit - [Cāturmāskamāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sangraha.caturmaskamahatmya.26.21) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.258.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.258.21) · Pramāṇa