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# Skandapurana 5.32.52

Skandapurāṇa 5.32.52

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.32.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.52)

na jātu kāmī kāmānāṃ sahasrairapi tuṣyati ..  
haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva vāṃchā tasya vivardhate .. ..52 ..

> Never is a lustful man satisfied even by thousands of desires; / his craving increases like a fire fed with clarified butter."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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