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# Skandapurana 5.162.29

Skandapurāṇa 5.162.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.162.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.162.29)

pradakṣiṇāḥ kṛtāstena puṣpādityasya dhīmatā ..  
tīkṣṇaṃ śastraṃ samādāya pūrvoktavidhinā tataḥ ..  
chittvāchittvā nijāṃgāni juhuyājjātavedasi .. 29 ..

> circumambulations of Puṣpāditya were performed by the wise man. / Then, taking a sharp weapon in accordance with the previously declared rite, / cutting off his own limbs one by one, he would offer \[them\] as oblation into the fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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