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# Skandapurana 6.3.85.88

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.85.88

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.85.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.88)

hṛdayāntarjale jāpyā prāṇāyāmo'thavā nṛpa .  
gāyatrī vaiṣṇavī caiva saurī śaivī yadṛcchayā .  
te'pi pāpaiḥ pramucyanta ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 85.88 ..

> Deep in the water, one should chant \[prayers\] or perform breath control, O king; / the Vaiṣṇava Gāyatrī, or the solar, or the Śaiva one at will; / they too are freed from sins—thus indeed spoke Śaṅkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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