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# Skandapurana 16.14.12

Skandapurāṇa 16.14.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.12)

bhasmaśāyī bhasmadigdho nṛtta gītairatoṣayat ..  
japena vṛṣanādaiśca tapasā bhāvitaḥ śuciḥ .. 12 ..

> lying on ashes, smeared with ashes, he pleased \[the god\] with dances and songs, / with muttered prayer and bull-roars, purified and absorbed in austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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