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# Garudapurana 1.4.23

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.4.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.23)

tamomātrā tanustyaktā śaṅkarābhūdvibhāvarī /  
yakṣopakṣāṃsi taddehe prītimāpustataḥ surāḥ //

> That discarded body consisting of tamas became the night, O Śaṅkara.  
> Then the yakṣas and rākṣasas took delight in that body, and after that the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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