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# Skandapurana 16.2.45

Skandapurāṇa 16.2.45

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.2.45)

yatrādhikṛtya śakunīndharmādharmavicāraṇam ..  
purāṇaṃ navasāhasraṃ mārkaṇḍeyaṃ taducyate .. 45..

> Where, taking the birds as its subject, there is an inquiry into dharma and adharma, / that Purāṇa of nine thousand \[verses\] is called the Mārkaṇḍeya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (9)

- [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.25) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Śrītattvanidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.pratima.sritattvanidhi.1.6697) — Sanskrit
- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.11.p295) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Tattvanidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.pratima.tattvanidhi.164.1-13) — Kṛṣṇadevarāya, Sanskrit
- [Dānasāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.106.18) — Ballālasena, Sanskrit
- [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.84.p15) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.84.p15) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.92.p14) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- [Dānakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.danakalpataru.7.p314) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit

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