[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) › 16.2.57 # Skandapurana 16.2.57 Skandapurāṇa 16.2.57 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.2.57) mahāvarāhasya punarmāhātmyamadhikṛtya ca .. viṣṇunā'bhihitaṃ kṣoṇyai tadvārāhamihocyate ..57.. > Taking again the māhātmya of the Great Boar as its subject, / what was told by Viṣṇu to the Earth is called here the Vārāha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.2.56) - [Next: 16.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.2.58) - [Up: 16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.2.57) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.39) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Dānasāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.106.31) — Ballālasena, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.2.57) · Pramāṇa