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# Skandapurana 1.3.14.12

Skandapurāṇa 1.3.14.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.3.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.14.12)

uvāca devānedeveśaḥ kasmādyūyamihāgatāḥ..  
ahaṃ hi pātakagrasto brahmahatyāparipsutaḥ..  
apsu tiṣṭhāmi bho devā ekākī tapasānvitaḥ.. 16.12 ..

> The lord of the gods said to the gods: 'Why have you come here? / Seized by wickedness and pursued by the murder of a brahmin, / I dwell in the waters, O gods, alone and engaged in austerity.' (16.12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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