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# Skandapurana 5.265.18

Skandapurāṇa 5.265.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.265.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.18)

śvaḥ kāryamadya kurvīta pūrvāhṇe cāparāhṇikam..  
na hi pratīkṣate mṛtyuḥ kṛtaṃ vāsya na vā kṛtam..18.

> One should do today the work of tomorrow, and in the morning the work of the afternoon; / for death does not wait to see whether a man’s work is done or undone.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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