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# Skandapurana 5.40.47

Skandapurāṇa 5.40.47

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.40.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.40.47)

virāmaṃ kuru tasmāttvaṃ nṛtyādasmādvigarhitāt ..  
tapaḥ kṣarati viprendra nṛtyagītāddvijanmanaḥ .. 47 ..

> Desist therefore from this reprehensible dance; / the austerity of a twice-born leaks away from singing and dancing, O eminent brahmin.' 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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