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# Skandapurana 16.11.19

Skandapurāṇa 16.11.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.11.19)

prāṅmukho bhagavāndevo kūrmarūpī vyavasthitaḥ ..  
ākramya bhārataṃ varṣaṃ navabhedamidaṃ priye .. 19 ..

> Facing east, the divine Lord stands in the form of the Tortoise, / having covered this realm of Bhārata of nine divisions, O beloved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.58.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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