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# Skandapurana 16.280.20

Skandapurāṇa 16.280.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.280.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.280.20)

kautūhalātkaṇṭakena buddhimohabalātkṛtā ..  
kinnu khalvidamityuktvā nirbibhedāsya locane .. 7.1.280.20 ..

> out of curiosity, overpowered by the force of deluded thinking, / saying 'What indeed is this?', pierced his two eyes with a thorn. (20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.280.20) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.123.12) — Sanskrit

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