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# Skandapurana 16.59.3

Skandapurāṇa 16.59.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.59.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.3)

.. devyuvāca .. ..  
paṃcavaktrāṇi deveśa prasiddhāni tava prabhau ..  
ṣaṣṭhaṃ yadvadanaṃ deva tasya kiṃ nāma saṃsmṛtam ..  
samutpannā kathaṃ tasmādajādevīti yā śrutā .. 3 ..

> The goddess said: / Five faces are well known to belong to you, O lord of gods, O sovereign; / by what name is that face remembered which is the sixth, O god? / How was she who is renowned as Goddess Ajā born from it?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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