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# Skandapurana 17.16.47

Skandapurāṇa 17.16.47

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.16.47)

tasya darśanamātreṇa brahmahatyā vinaśyati ..  
iṃdro vai vṛtrahā yasminvimukto brahmahatyayā .. 47 ..

> By merely viewing it, the sin of killing a brahmin is destroyed, / \[the liṅga\] where Indra, the slayer of Vṛtra, was freed from the sin of killing a brahmin. (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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