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# Skandapurana 5.186.12

Skandapurāṇa 5.186.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.186.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.12)

vedavedāṃgatattvajaḥ pautrastu parameṣṭhinaḥ ..  
taṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasākāraṃ vitresuḥ sarvato dvijāḥ .. 12 ..

> He was a knower of the truth of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, and the grandson of the Supreme Lord \[Brahmā\]. / Seeing him in the form of a rākṣasa, the brahmins trembled on all sides.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.21.11) — Sanskrit

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