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# Skandapurana 5.97.44

Skandapurāṇa 5.97.44

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.97.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.97.44)

.. maṃtriṇa ūcuḥ .. ..  
yuktametanmahārāja putrārthaṃ yatsamudyamaḥ ..  
kriyate putrahīnasya kiṃ rājyena dhanena vā .. .. 44 ..

> The ministers said: / "This is fitting, O great king, that an effort is made / for the sake of a son. For one without a son, what use is a kingdom or wealth?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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