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# Skandapurana 5.29.82

Skandapurāṇa 5.29.82

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.29.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.82)

kāṃtāyāḥ purato nityaṃ vidhatteṃ'gaṃ kalāpakṛt ..  
vihaṃgayoni jāto'pi vṛddhyarthaṃ puṣpadhanvanaḥ..82..

> The peacock constantly displays his plumage before his mate, / though born of the avian womb, to increase the power of the flower-bowed god. / 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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