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# Skandapurana 5.263.26

Skandapurāṇa 5.263.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.263.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.263.26)

punareva mahāghorasaṃsārābdhau nimajjaye..  
dīpahasto yathā vastu dṛṣṭvā tatkaraṇaṃ tyajet..26..

> would \[you\] plunge \[me\] once more into the ocean of the most dreadful worldly existence? / Just as one holding a lamp in hand, having seen the object, drops the instrument,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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