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# Skandapurana 16.307.3

Skandapurāṇa 16.307.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.307.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.307.3)

tenāpareti nāmnā vai khyāto viṣṇuḥ purā'bhavat ..  
phālgunāmalapakṣe tu ekādaśyāṃ vidhānataḥ .. 3 ..

> Therefore, Viṣṇu became famous in ancient times under the name 'Apara' ('the Other'). / Properly, on the eleventh lunar day in the bright fortnight of Phālguna, // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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