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# Skandapurana 16.205.11

Skandapurāṇa 16.205.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.205.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.205.11)

viṣṇordehasamudbhūtāḥ kuśāḥ kṛṣṇāstilāstathā ...  
śrāddhasya rakṣaṇārthāya etatprāhurdivaukasaḥ .. 11 ..

> Kuśa grass and black sesame seeds arose from the body of Viṣṇu / for the protection of the śrāddha; so say the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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