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# Skandapurana 5.21.6

Skandapurāṇa 5.21.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.21.6)

śuklapakṣaṃ samāsādya tārāpatirivāṃbare..  
vardhamānasya tasyaivamatītāḥ paṃca vatsarāḥ..  
bālakrīḍāprasaktasya piturutsaṅgavartinaḥ..6..

> like the lord of the stars in the sky when the bright fortnight arrives. / While he was thus growing, five years passed / as he remained intent on childish play and sat on his father's lap. (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.21.6) — English, machine translation

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.21.6) · Pramāṇa
