[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) › 7.16.24\_98 # Skandapurana 7.16.24\_98 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.24\_98 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.24\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_98) indriyāṇāṃ tu prābalyāt tat putreṣvapi18 pārvati . pāpakānyapi kurvanti19 te satputrā bhavantyuta .. 15. . ime hi taravo devi dakṣaśāpād hatendriyāḥ . pāpakāni na kurvanti saṃvṛtaiḥ karaṇaiśca ha . . 16 . . etasmāt kāraṇād devi koṣṭhajānāṃ śatādapi . eko bhūmiruhaḥ putraḥ śasyate na tu koṣṭhajaḥ . . 17.. > Yet from the strength of the senses, O Pārvatī, even among those sons, > they also commit sins—are they truly good sons? > For these trees, O goddess, have their senses impaired by the curse of Dakṣa; > they commit no sins, their sense-organs being shut off. > For this reason, O goddess, rather than a hundred sons born from the womb, > a single tree-son is praised, but not one born from the womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.24\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_97) - [Next: 7.16.24\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_99) - [Up: 7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.16.24_98) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.163.6-2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_98) · Pramāṇa