[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) › 7.5.28\_164 # Skandapurana 7.5.28\_164 Skandapurāṇa 7.5.28\_164 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.5.28\_164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.28_164) bhagavantaḥ kathaṃ tvasya kṛtaghnasya durātmanaḥ . niṣkṛtiḥ sumahāghorād bhavet pāpasya karmaṇaḥ .. 14. . tataste ṛṣayassarve dṛṣṭvā dīrgheṇa cakṣuṣā . yamaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhamidaṃ vai bruvate vacaḥ ..1 5.. > "Venerable ones, how can there be expiation for this evil-souled ungrateful person / from this most dreadful sinful deed?" / Then all those ṛṣis, having seen with farsighted vision, / indeed spoke these words to Yama, the foremost of upholders of dharma: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.5.28\_163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.28_163) - [Next: 7.5.28\_165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.28_165) - [Up: 7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.5.28_164) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.54.15) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.28_164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.28_164) · Pramāṇa