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# Skandapurana 6.3.19.40

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.19.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.19.40)

saṃmohayanmūrtibhiratra lokaṃ sraṣṭā ca goptā kṣayakṛtsa devaḥ .  
tasmānna mohātmakamāviśeta dveṣaṃ na kuryātpravibhinnamūrtiḥ .. 19.40 ..

> Deluding the world here through his forms, that god is the creator, the protector, and the destroyer.  
> Therefore, one should not enter into delusion, nor harbor hatred, seeing the forms as divided.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.19.40) — Sanskrit

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