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# Skandapurana 5.1.1

Skandapurāṇa 5.1.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.1.1)

oṃnamaḥ puruṣottamāya..  
..atha skānde mahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhanāgarakhaṇḍaprārambhaḥ..  
..vyāsa uvāca..  
sa dhūrjaṭi jaṭājūṭo jāyatāṃ vijayāya vaḥ.  
yatraikapalitabhrāṃtiṃ karotyadyāpi jāhnavī..6.1.1..

> Om, homage to Puruṣottama.  
> Now begins the sixth \[section\], the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa.  
> Vyāsa said:  
> May the matted hair of Dhūrjaṭi lead to your victory,  
> wherein the Jāhnavī even today causes the illusion of a single grey strand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.1.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Subhāṣitāvali](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitavali.62) — Vallabhadeva (anthologist), Sanskrit
- [Budhabhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.budhabhusana.1.53) — Sambhurāja 1680, Sanskrit

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