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# Garudapurana 2.18.38

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.18.38

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.18.38)

tataḥ saṃvatsarasyānte pratyāsanne yamālaye /  
bahubhītakare preto hastamātraṃ samutsṛjet //

> Then at the end of the year, when Yama's abode is near, / in that intensely terrifying place the preta casts off the body of a cubit's measure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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