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# Skandapurana 17.6.86

Skandapurāṇa 17.6.86

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.6.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.6.86)

tyaktvā dharmaṃ nijaṃ rājā palāyanaparo'bhavat ..  
gacchamānastu nṛpatiḥ śatrubhiḥ paripīḍitaḥ .. 86 ..

> Abandoning his own dharma, the king became intent on flight. / But as the king was fleeing, he was hard-pressed by his enemies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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