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# Skandapurana 5.129.61

Skandapurāṇa 5.129.61

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.129.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.61)

etasmātkāraṇānmūrdhni devi gaṃgāṃ dadhāmyaham ..  
na snehātkāmato naiva jagadyena pravartate .. 61 ..

> For this reason, O goddess, I bear the Gaṅgā on my head, / not out of attachment, nor out of desire, so that the world may function.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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