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# Skandapurana 7.6.65\_12

Skandapurāṇa 7.6.65\_12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.6.65\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.6.65_12)

bhogaśca narakevaśyaṃ jantunā saṃ11 vidhīyate .  
na ca te nārakāḥ12 śakyā harttuṃ13 karmakṣayaṃ vinā ..7. .  
aśakyāḥ khalu ye hyarthā na tān prājñassamārabhet .  
arṇavasya14 prataraṇaṃ yathā tvāṃ mṛtyumṛcchati15 ..8..

> And that experiencing \[of fruits\] in hell is inevitably performed by the living being; / nor can those hell-dwellers be rescued without the exhaustion of karma.  
> Indeed, wise men should not undertake those tasks that are impossible, / just as swimming across the ocean meets you with death.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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