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# Skandapurana 16.166.9

Skandapurāṇa 16.166.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.166.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.166.9)

sāvitryā prītayā dattā sāvitryāḥ pūjayā tathā ..  
sāvitrītyeva nāmā'syāścakre viprājñayā nṛpaḥ.. 9 ..

> Given by Sāvitrī who was pleased, and through the worship of Sāvitrī, / the king, by the command of the brahmins, gave her the name Sāvitrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Āryacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.aryacarita.43.21) — Sanskrit

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