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# Skandapurana 7.5.23\_58

Skandapurāṇa 7.5.23\_58

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.5.23\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.23_58)

kīlayedyaśca devārcā21 stīrthāni ca durātmavān .  
vidyāḥ śāstrāṇi divyāni teṣāṃ sā gatirucyate .. 11 . .  
ya imaṃ bahupāpayogakāraṇaṃ śṛṇuyānnityamasaukhyasarvadāraṇam .  
prayatassa22 na yāti taṃ bhayānakaṃ narakaṃ durgamayodhanāvatānakam . .1 2.. 7

> And the evil-minded one who desecrates images of deities, holy places, / sacred lores, and heavenly scriptures—such is declared to be their destination. // / Whoever, restrained, constantly listens to this cause of the conjunction of many sins, which tears away all misery, / does not go to that terrible, impassable hell Ayoghana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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