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# Skandapurana 16.319.40

Skandapurāṇa 16.319.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.319.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.319.40)

trirātraṃ paṃcarātraṃ vā saptarātraṃ maheśvara ..  
pakṣaṃ māsamṛtuṃ vāpi hyayanaṃ yāvadeva ca ..  
putradārayutaistīrthe vastavyaṃ gṛhamedhibhiḥ .. 7.1.319.40 ..

> For three nights, or five nights, or seven nights, O Maheśvara, / a fortnight, a month, a season, or even up to a half-year: / for so long may householders dwell at a sacred ford accompanied by sons and wives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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