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# Skandapurana 1.4.20.8

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.20.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.8)

mahītalaṃ ca jaghanaṃ nābhiścāsya nabhastalam..  
jyotiḥ padamuraḥ sthānaṃ svarloko bāhurucyate.. 22.8 ..

> The earth is the hips, and the region of the sky is his navel;  
> the realm of the luminaries is the chest, and the celestial world is called his arms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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