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# Skandapurana 16.206.72

Skandapurāṇa 16.206.72

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.206.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.206.72)

apāṃ madhye sthitā devāḥ sarvamapsu pratiṣṭhitam ..  
brāhmaṇasya kare nyastāḥ śivā āpo bhavantu naḥ .. 72..

> 'The gods abide within the waters; everything is established in the waters. / Placed in the hand of the brahmin, may the waters be auspicious for us!' (72)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Śrāddhakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi.5.p99) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit

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