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# Skandapurana 5.44.12

Skandapurāṇa 5.44.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.44.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.44.12)

na strībhyaḥ kiṃcidanyaddhi pāpāya vidyate bhuvi ..  
yāsāṃ saṃgasamāsādya saṃsāre bhramate janaḥ ......  
nīco'pi kurute sevāṃ yastāsāṃ vijaneṣvatha ..  
virūpaṃ vāpi nīcaṃ vā taṃ sevante hi tāḥ striyaḥ .. 12 ..

> For there exists nothing else on earth that leads to sin more than women, / having obtained whose contact people wander in worldly existence. / Even a base man who serves them in secret— / women attend upon him, whether he is deformed or low-born. // 11-12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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