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# Skandapurana 5.164.5

Skandapurāṇa 5.164.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.164.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.164.5)

tataste nāgarā bāhyāstāṃ tyaktvā dūrataḥ sthitāḥ ..  
kāṃdiśīkāstato yātā bhakṣyamāṇāstu rākṣasaiḥ ..  
narmadāyāstaṭe puṇye mārkaṇḍāśramasaṃnidhau .. 5 .. ..

> Then those outer Nāgaras abandoned her and stayed far away; / fleeing in all directions, being devoured by rākṣasas, they went from there / to the sacred bank of the Narmadā, near the hermitage of Mārkaṇḍa. 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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