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# Skandapurana 5.166.74

Skandapurāṇa 5.166.74

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.166.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.166.74)

etatkarma mayā kāryaṃ yathā syādbrahmajaṃ balam ..  
tyaktvā caiva nijaṃ rājyaṃ cariṣyāmi mahattapaḥ.  
evaṃ sa niścayaṃ kṛtvā rājye saṃsthāpya vai sutam..  
nāmnā viśvasahaṃ khyātaṃ prajagāma tapovanam..74..

> I must do this work so that strength born of a brāhmaṇa may be mine;  
> and giving up my own kingdom, I shall perform great austerity.”  
> Having made this resolution and established his son,  
> renowned by the name of Viśvasaha, upon the throne, he went to the penance grove.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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