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# Skandapurana 5.193.40

Skandapurāṇa 5.193.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.193.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.40)

pitāmaho yathā viṣṇoḥ kīṭasthāne vyavasthitaḥ ..  
tathā sa śivaśaktibhyāṃ parijñeyo dvijottamāḥ .. 6.194.40 ..

> Just as the Grandfather stands in the place of an insect to Viṣṇu, / so he is to be recognized \[in relation\] to Śiva and Śakti, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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