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# Skandapurana 6.3.239.8

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.239.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.239.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.8)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
ādisarge purā śambhurbrahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ .  
vikāraṃ pañcamaṃ dṛṣṭvā śiro'śvamukhasannibham .. 184.8 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Long ago, in the first creation, Śambhu, seeing the unnatural fifth head / Of Brahmā the Supreme Lord, resembling the head of a horse,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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