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# Skandapurana 16.171.3

Skandapurāṇa 16.171.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.171.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.171.3)

liṃgaṃ tatra pratiṣṭhāpya toṣayāmāsa śāṃkaram ..  
sa devaṃ prārthayāmāsa putraṃ caivāmitaujasam .. .. 3 ..

> Installing a liṅga there, he propitiated Śaṅkara; / he prayed to the god for a son of immeasurable splendor. (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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