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# Skandapurana 5.186.25

Skandapurāṇa 5.186.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.186.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.25)

.. brahmovāca .. ..  
prāyaścittaṃ kariṣye'haṃ yajñasyāsya prasiddhaye ..  
dakṣiṇā gauryathoktā ca kṛtvā homaṃ vidhānataḥ ..  
tvamasya rākṣasaṃ bhāvaṃ 'harasva mama vākyataḥ .. 25 ..

> Brahmā said: / “I shall perform an expiation for the successful completion of this sacrifice, / having performed the oblation according to rule and given the prescribed dakṣiṇā of a cow. / Remove his rākṣasa condition at my word!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.186.25) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.21.23) — Sanskrit
- [Hāṭakeśvaramāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.hatakesvaramahatmya.187.25) — Sanskrit

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