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# Skandapurana 16.327.3

Skandapurāṇa 16.327.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.327.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.327.3)

mahodayaṃ mahānandadāyakaṃ ca dvijanmanām ..  
pratigrahaprasaktānāṃ viṣayāsaktacetasām ..  
teṣāmapi dadenmuktiṃ tena khyātaṃ mahodayam .. 3 ..

> Mahodaya brings great joy to the twice-born; / even to those addicted to accepting gifts whose minds are attached to sensory objects, / it grants liberation: therefore it is celebrated as Mahodaya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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