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Skandapurana 3.3.8.80.6

Skandapurāṇa 3.3.8.80.6

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3.3.8.80.6

ajñātakulanāmāyamānītastava sannidhim .. 75 ..
atha pṛṣṭo rājaputrastakṣakeṇa mahātmanā ..
kasyāsi tanayaḥ kastvaṃ ko deśaḥ kathamāgataḥ .. 76 ..
rājaputro vacaḥ śrutvā takṣakaṃ vākyamabravīt .. 77 ..
.. rājaputra uvāca .. ..
asti bhūmaṃḍale kaściddeśo niṣadhasaṃjñakaḥ ..
tasyādhipo'bhavadrājā nalo nāma mahā yaśāḥ ..
sa puṇyakīrtiḥ kṣitipo damayantīpatiḥ śubhaḥ .. 78 ..
tasmādapīṃdrasenākhyastasya putro mahābalaḥ ..
caṃdrāṃgadosmi nāmnāhaṃ navoḍhaḥ śvaśurālaye ..
viharanyamunātoye nimagno devacoditaḥ .. 79 ..
etābhiḥ pannagastrībhirānītosmi tavāṃtikam ..
dṛṣṭvāhaṃ tava pādābjaṃ puṇyairjanmāṃtarārjitaiḥ .. 3.3.8.80 ..

Unknown in family and name, he has been brought to your presence.' / Then questioned by the noble Takṣaka: / 'Whose son are you? Who are you? What is your country? How did you come?' / hearing the words, the prince spoke in reply to Takṣaka. / The prince said: / 'There is on the earthly realm a certain country named Niṣadha. / Its sovereign was a king named Nala, of great renown; / he was a righteous king of virtuous fame, the husband of Damayantī. / From him [sprang a son] named Indrasena, his son of great strength. / I am Candrāṅgada by name, newly married; while at my father-in-law's house, / sporting in the waters of the Yamunā, I was submerged, impelled by fate. / I have been brought near you by these serpent-women. / Having seen your lotus feet by merits earned in other births,

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