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# Skandapurana 5.219.42

Skandapurāṇa 5.219.42

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.219.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.219.42)

.. agniveśa uvāca .. ..  
ṛkṣe pitrye yadā candro haṃsaścāpi kare vrajet ..  
trayodaśī tu sā cchāyā vijñeyā kuñjarodbhavā .. 42 ..

> Agniveśa said:  
> 'When the moon is in the ancestral asterism (Maghā) and the sun is in Hasta, / that thirteenth \[tithi\] is to be known as the elephant's shadow (gajacchāyā).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.219.42) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Hāṭakeśvaramāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.hatakesvaramahatmya.222.42) — Sanskrit

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