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# Skandapurana 16.206.71

Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate) 16.206.71

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.206.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.16.206.71)

atha śrāddhāvasāne tu āśiṣastatra dāpayet ..  
dīrghā nāgāstathā nadyo viṣṇostrīṇi padāni ca ..  
evameṣāṃ pramāṇena dīrghamāyuravāpnuyām .. 71 ..

> Then, at the conclusion of the ancestral rite, he should have blessings pronounced there: / 'Long are the serpents, and likewise the rivers, and the three strides of Viṣṇu; / by the measure of these, may I attain a long life!' (71)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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