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# Skandapurana 17.18.276

Skandapurāṇa 17.18.276

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.18.276](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.276)

trailokyaplāvinī devī yā rudreṇa svayaṃ dhṛtā ..  
svardhunī pūjyate svarge gaṃgeti gāṃ gatā satī .. .. 276 ..

> The goddess who inundates the three worlds, who was held by Rudra himself; / as the river of heaven, she is worshipped in heaven, and having gone to the earth, she is the Gaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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