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# Skandapurana 16.255.42

Skandapurāṇa 16.255.42

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.255.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.42)

.. caṃḍovāca .. ..  
ugrātpratigrahādyasmādbibhyatyete maheśvarāḥ ..  
balīyāṃso durbalavattathā caiva bibhemyaham .. 42 ..

> Caṇḍa said: / Since these great lords, strong though they are, fear a fierce gift / as if they were weak, so too do I fear it. 42.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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