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# Skandapurana 6.3.182.21

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.182.21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.182.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.182.21)

aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi nocurvai kiṃciduttaram .  
aṣṭādaśasahasreṣu bhṛgukopabhayānnṛpa .  
uktaṃ ca tālakaṃ haste yasya tasyedamuttaram .. 182.21 ..

> Eighteen thousand gave no reply at all. / Among the eighteen thousand, out of fear of Bhṛgu's anger, O king, / it was said: "He who holds the palm-leaf document in his hand—his is this answer."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.182.21) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.182.21) — Sanskrit

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