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# Skandapurana 16.209.40

Skandapurāṇa 16.209.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.209.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.209.40)

matkṛte hi dvijaśreṣṭha yātu te manaso jvaraḥ ..  
mārkaṇḍeyavacaḥ śrutvā mṛkaṇḍo munisattamaḥ ..  
jagāma paramaṃ harṣaṃ kṣaṇamekaṃ suduḥsaham .. 7.1.209.40 ..

> On my account, O best of the twice-born, let the fever of your mind depart!" / Having heard Mārkaṇḍeya's words, Mṛkaṇḍa, the best of sages, / attained supreme joy after a single, utterly unbearable moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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