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# Skandapurana 16.116.8

Skandapurāṇa 16.116.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.116.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.116.8)

tasya nādena mahatā devī tatra samāgatā ..  
pṛcchatī kāraṇaṃ tatra tatkuṇḍasya samīpagā ..  
tena kuṇḍeśvarī khyātā kuṇḍaṃ śaṃkhodakaṃ smṛtam .. 8 ..

> At that great roar, the goddess came there / inquiring after the cause, coming near that pool. / Therefore she is celebrated as Kuṇḍeśvarī, and the pool is recorded as Śaṅkhodaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.116.8) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.125.8) — Sanskrit

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