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# Skandapurana 16.20.73

Skandapurāṇa 16.20.73

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.20.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.20.73)

dadau prācetaso dakṣo nakṣatrāṇīti yā viduḥ..  
sa tatprāpya mahdrājyaṃ somaḥ somavatāṃ varaḥ .. 73 ..

> Known as the asterisms, Dakṣa, son of Pracetas, gave to the Moon.  
> Having obtained that great sovereignty, Soma, the best of the Soma-possessors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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