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# Skandapurana 16.20.42

Skandapurāṇa 16.20.42

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.20.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.42)

svarbhānunā hate sūrye patitesmindivo mahīm ..  
tamo'bhibhūte lokesminprabhā yena pravarttitā ..! .. 42 ..

> When the sun was struck down by Svarbhānu and fell from heaven to this earth, / he by whom light was restored when this world was overcome by darkness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.20.42) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.9.71) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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