[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 6.3.20.62 # Skandapurana 6.3.20.62 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.20.62 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.20.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.62) yadi tvaṃ na pibeḥ stanyaṃ payo bālo mariṣyati . śrūyate triṣu lokeṣu vedeṣu ca smṛtiṣvapi . mucyate sarvapāpebhyo bhrūṇahatyā na muñcati .. 20.62 .. > “If you do not drink the breast-milk, the child will die. / It is heard in the three worlds, in the Vedas, and in the traditional codes: / one is freed from all sins, but the killing of an embryo does not release \[one\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.20.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.61) - [Next: 6.3.20.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.63) - [Up: 6.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.20.62) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.20.62) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.62) · Pramāṇa