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# Skandapurana 16.255.9

Skandapurāṇa 16.255.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.255.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.9)

athābhavadanāvṛṣṭiḥ kadācinmahatī priye ..  
kṛcchraṃ prāpto hyabhūttatra sarvalokaḥ kṣudhārditaḥ .. 9 ..

> Then once, O dear lady, a great drought occurred; / having fallen into distress, everyone there was afflicted with hunger.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.255.9) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.19.225) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.6.10) — Sanskrit

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