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# Skandapurana 16.273.3

Skandapurāṇa 16.273.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.273.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.273.3)

śirastasya mayā chinnaṃ kasmiṃścitkāraṇāṃtare ..  
tatra gaṃdhavatī jātā brahmaṇaḥ sā ca śoṇitaiḥ .. 3 ..

> His head was cut off by me for a certain cause; / there the Gandhavatī arose, and that was from Brahmā's blood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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