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# Skandapurana 7.4.52\_256

Skandapurāṇa 7.4.52\_256

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.4.52\_256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_256)

socchrayāścaiva vijñeyā na vakṣye tānahaṃ4 punaḥ .  
lokadruho5 janāstatra yātyante6 puruṣādhamāḥ . .3 . .  
ye haranti striyaṃ7 vāpivikretā8 yastathā9 gavām .  
dharmasya cātmanaścaiva brāhmaṇānāṃ ca nindakaḥ . .4. .  
chadmanā yaśca śāstrāṇi10 gurubhyopahnavet11 punaḥ .  
guruṃ nindati yaścāpi 12 vitara mātaraṃ tathā ..5..

> and they should be understood to be lofty; I will not describe them repeatedly. / The vile among men who harm others are tormented there: / those who abduct a woman or sell cows, / a reviler of dharma, of his own self, and of brahmins, / one who deceitfully conceals the scriptures received from teachers, / and one who reviles his guru, father, or mother,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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