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# Skandapurana 16.11.149

Skandapurāṇa 16.11.149

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.11.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.11.149)

.. devā ūcuḥ.. ..  
ādidevo'si devānāṃ jātametatsvayaṃ tava ..  
sargasthityaṃtakāleṣu tridhā bhedena tiṣṭhasi .. 149 ..

> The gods said: / “You are the primal god of the gods; this \[universe\] arose from you yourself. / At the times of creation, preservation, and dissolution, you stand differentiated in threefold division. 149  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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