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# Skandapurana 6.3.155.12

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.155.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.155.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.12)

sarvauṣadhīnāmaśanaṃ pradhānaṃ sarveṣu peyeṣu jalaṃ pradhānam .  
nidrā sukhānāṃ pramadā ratīnāṃ sarveṣu gātreṣu śiraḥ pradhānam .. 155.12 ..

> Among all herbs, food is foremost; among all drinks, water is foremost; / sleep is foremost among pleasures, a woman among sensual delights, the head is foremost among all limbs;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.155.12) — Sanskrit

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