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# Skandapurana 16.114.6

Skandapurāṇa 16.114.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.114.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.114.6)

pūrvaṃ sā puṣkare prāptā puṣkarātsā mahānadī ..  
puṣkaraṃ kathyate vyoma puṣkaraṃ kathyate jalam ..  
tena tatpuṣkaraṃ khyātaṃ saṃnidhānaṃ prajāpateḥ .. 6 ..

> First it reached Puṣkara; from Puṣkara \[flowed\] that great river. / The sky is called 'puṣkara', water is called 'puṣkara'; / therefore it is known as Puṣkara, the dwelling place of Prajāpati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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