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# Skandapurana 16.19.23

Skandapurāṇa 16.19.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19.23)

tasya ceyaṃ parā māyā kalā śirasi dhāritā ..  
sā śaktirdevadevasya viśvākārā parā priye ..  
mohayitvā tu saṃtānaṃ saṃsārayati pārvati ..23..

> And this supreme Māyā of his, a digit, is borne upon \[my\] head. / She is the supreme power of the God of Gods, whose form is the universe, O beloved; / having deluded progeny, she causes it to transmigrate in saṃsāra, O Pārvatī. 23.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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