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# Skandapurana 16.209.30

Skandapurāṇa 16.209.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.209.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.209.30)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..  
bhṛgoḥ putro mṛkaṇḍastu kṣīṇāyustasya bālakaḥ ..  
akālena pitā jñātvā babaṃdhāsya ca mekhalām .. 7.1.209.30 ..

> The seers said: / "Mṛkaṇḍa is the son of Bhṛgu, and his boy has a short lifespan; / knowing this untimely \[death\], his father bound the girdle upon him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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