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# Skandapurana 16.20.51

Skandapurāṇa 16.20.51

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.20.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.51)

tadgarbhaṃ vidhinā dṛṣṭā diśodaśa dadhustadā ..  
sametya dhārayāmāsurna ca dhartumaśaknuvan .. .. 51 ..

> Seeing that embryo according to the cosmic ordinance, the ten directions then conceived it; / coming together, they bore it, but they were not able to hold it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.26.51) — Sanskrit

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