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# Skandapurana 3.3.8.86

Skandapurāṇa 3.3.8.86

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.8.86)

yasyāṃśātsāttvikaṃ divyaṃ bibhradviṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ ..  
viśvaṃ bibhartti bhūtātmā śivo'smābhiḥ sa pūjyate .. .. 86 ..

> Bearing a celestial, sāttvika form from a portion of whom the eternal Viṣṇu, / the soul of all beings, sustains the universe—he, Śiva, is worshipped by us.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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