[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 1.4.65.9 # Skandapurana 1.4.65.9 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.65.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.65.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.9) 8 tato nirāśasyendradyumnasya vārtāvijñānārthaṃ nāḍījaṃghenātmano'pi dīrghāyuṣasya prākārakarṇanāmakasyolūkasya samīpaṃ prati mārkaṇḍeyendradyumnayornayanam, tena prākārakarṇolūkenāpīndradyumnavārtānabhijñānakathanottaramindradyumnapraśre nijadīrghāyuṣṭvakāraṇakathanam, tatprasaṃgena bilvadalamāhātmyavarṇanam....... 92 2 > 8. Then, in order to find knowledge of the history of the despondent Indradyumna, Nāḍījaṅgha leading Mārkaṇḍeya and Indradyumna into the presence of an owl named Prākārakarṇa, who was longer-lived than himself; after that owl Prākārakarṇa also stated his unawareness of Indradyumna's history, his explaining the cause of his own long life upon Indradyumna's question; in that connection, the description of the māhātmya of the bilva leaf. 92 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4.65.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.8) - [Next: 1.4.65.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.10) - [Up: 1.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.65.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.9) · Pramāṇa