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# Skandapurana 2.8.11.6

Skandapurāṇa 2.8.11.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.11.6)

5 kautsavṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra viśvāmitrasya tapaścaryāṃ śrutvā taddarśanārthaṃ durvāsasa āgamanam, durvāsaḥkṛtāṃ bhojanayāñcāṃ śrutvā biśvāmitradattasya pāyasādikasya varṇanam, kautsāya caturdaśakoṭisuvarṇātmakagurudakṣiṇādānāyājñākaraṇam, tilodakītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. .... ... 281 1

> 5. The narration of the story of Kautsa; there, the arrival of Durvāsas to see Viśvāmitra upon hearing of his practice of austerities; the description of the rice pudding and other foods given by Viśvāmitra upon hearing the request for food made by Durvāsas; the giving of the command to Kautsa to offer a preceptor's fee consisting of one hundred and forty million pieces of gold; the description of the māhātmya of the Tilodakītīrtha. 281 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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