[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 16.19.9 # Skandapurana 16.19.9 Skandapurāṇa 16.19.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19.9) sā sṛjatyakhilaṃ viśvaṃ viṣuvadvayasaṃyutam .. tathā saṃvaraṇī yā tu viśvaṃ saṃharate priye .. .. netrapātāccaturbhāgastruṭikālo nigadyate .. tasmācca dviguṇaṃ viddhi nimiṣaṃ tanmaheśvari .. 9 .. > she creates the whole universe along with the two equinoxes. / Likewise, that which is the withdrawing \[digit\] dissolves the universe, O beloved. / A fourth part of the wink of an eye is called the time of a truṭi; / and know a nimiṣa to be twice that, O Maheśvarī! 9. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19.7) - [Next: 16.19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19.10) - [Up: 16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.19.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.19.9) · Pramāṇa