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# Skandapurana 16.246.5

Skandapurāṇa 16.246.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.246.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.246.5)

tataste sahitāḥ sarve vismayotphullalocanāḥ ..  
atra snātā vayaṃ sarve yataḥ piṃgatvamāgatāḥ ..  
ataḥ prabhṛti nāmāsyāstataḥ piṃgā bhaviṣyati .. 5 ..

> Then, all of them together, with eyes wide open in wonder, \[said\]: / 'Since having bathed here we all attained a golden-brown complexion, / henceforth its name will consequently be Piṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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