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# Bhagavatapurana 3.3.6

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3.3.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.3.6)

sutaṃ mṛdhe khaṃ vapuṣā grasantaṃ dṛṣṭvā sunābhonmathitaṃ dharitryā /  
āmantritas tat-tanayāya śeṣaṃ dattvā tad-antaḥ-puram āviveśa //

> 6. On seeing her son (Narakasura) who seemed to swallow the sky with His body (who was in complexion a Challenge to the sky) struck down by Sri Krishna's chakra, the goddess Bhoomi, prayed to Him (for mercy). Hearing her prayer, Sri Krishna, bestowed upon Naraka's son that portion of the kingdom which he had not annexed, and then entered the harem (in Naraka's palace).  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.3.3.p7) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.3.3.6) — English, machine translation

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