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# Skandapurana 5.32.78

Skandapurāṇa 5.32.78

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.32.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.78)

pratiśrutya na yo dadyādbrāhmaṇāya gavādikam ..  
tasyainasā sa yujyeta bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ ..-77 ..  
.. aruṃdhatyuvāca .. ..  
karotu patyuḥ pūrvaṃ sā bhojanaṃ śayanaṃ tathā ..  
nārī duṣṭasamācārā bisastainyaṃ karoti yā .. 78 ..

> May he who steals the lotus roots be burdened with the sin / of one who, having promised cattle and the like to a brahmin, does not give them! 77 / Arundhatī said: / May she eat before her husband, and likewise sleep before him, / a woman of wicked conduct—she who steals the lotus roots! 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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