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# Skandapurana 5.271.49

Skandapurāṇa 5.271.49

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.271.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.271.49)

bhaviṣyaṃti yugasyāṃte narāḥ aṃguṣṭhamātrakāḥ ..  
gṛhaṃ ca te'tha kurvaṃti bilairākhusamudbhavaiḥ .. 49 ..

> At the end of the yuga, men will be only thumb-sized, / and they will make their dwellings in holes dug by rats.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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