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# Skandapurana 16.206.46

Skandapurāṇa 16.206.46

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.206.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.206.46)

dvau deve'tharvaṇau viprau prāṅmukhau ca niveśayet ..  
pitrye hyudaṅmukhānkuryādbahvṛcādhvaryusāmagān .. 46 ..

> For the gods, one should seat two Atharvaveda brahmins facing east; / for the ancestors, one should make Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, and Sāmaveda priests face north.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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