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# Skandapurana 5.220.45

Skandapurāṇa 5.220.45

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.220.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.220.45)

kālaṃ hi sṛjatā tena kutapaḥ prāgvinirmitaḥ ..  
tasmātkutapa kāle ca śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ vijānatā ..  
ya icchecchāśvatīṃ tṛptiṃ pitṝṇāmātmanaḥ sukham .. 45 ..

> Creating time, kutapa was fashioned by him first; / therefore, at the time of kutapa a śrāddha should be performed by a discerning person / who desires perpetual satisfaction for the ancestors and happiness for himself. // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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