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# Skandapurana 16.166.30

Skandapurāṇa 16.166.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.166.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.30)

satyaṃ vadatyasya pitā satyaṃ mātā prabhāṣate ..  
satyaṃ vadeti munibhiḥ satyavānnāma vai kṛtam ..7.1.166.30..

> His father speaks the truth, his mother speaks the truth, / and because the sages said ‘Speak the truth!’, his name was made Satyavān.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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