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# Skandapurana 5.148.8

Skandapurāṇa 5.148.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.148.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.8)

sarvametajjagaddhātrī janma cakre dharātale ..  
mahiṣāsuranāśāya sā ca kātyāyanī bhuvi .. 8 ..

> The supporter of this whole universe took birth on the surface of the earth; / she became Kātyāyanī on earth for the destruction of the demon Mahiṣa. (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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