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# Skandapurana 16.19.40

Skandapurāṇa 16.19.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19.40)

bhāvitvātkarmaṇo devi dakṣasyājñāvyatikramāt ..  
samaṃ varttasva bhāryābhirityuktaḥ śaśalāṃchanaḥ .. 7.1.19.40 ..

> Due to the inevitability of past actions, O goddess, and from transgressing Dakṣa's command, / the hare-marked \[moon\] was told: 'Treat \[all\] your wives equally!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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