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# Skandapurana 5.70.4

Skandapurāṇa 5.70.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.70.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.4)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
purāsīttārakonāma dānavo'tibalānvitaḥ ..  
hiraṇyākṣasya dāyādastrailokyasya bhayāvahaḥ .. 4 ..

> Sūta said: / Formerly, there was a dānava named Tāraka, endowed with immense strength, / an heir of Hiraṇyākṣa, who caused terror to the three worlds. // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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