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# Agnipurana 17.13

Agnipurāṇa 17.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.17.13)

vayāṃsi ca sasarjādau parjanyañcātha vaktrataḥ /  
ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni nirmame yajñasiddhaye //

> and first he created birds, and then rain from his mouth.  
> He fashioned the verses of the Ṛgveda, the Yajurveda, and the Sāmaveda for the accomplishment of sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.17.13) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.17.13) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.1.34) — Sanskrit
- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.1.49) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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