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# Skandapurana 5.97.36

Skandapurāṇa 5.97.36

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.97.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.97.36)

aputrasya gatirnāsti na ca svargaṃ prapadyate ..  
paitṛkeṇa naro grasto ya ṛṇena sadā nṛpa .. 36 ..

> A childless man has no \[good\] destiny, nor does he attain heaven, / a man who is ever bound by debt to the ancestors, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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