[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 6.3.86.6 # Skandapurana 6.3.86.6 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.86.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.86.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.6) vāyubhakṣaḥ śataṃ sāgraṃ yāvattepe hutāśanaḥ . tāvattuṣṭo mahādevo varado jātavedasaḥ . saṃnidhau samupetyātha vacanaṃ cedamabravīt .. 86.6 .. > As long as the Fire-god practiced austerity, consuming only wind for a full hundred years, / so long \[afterward\] Mahādeva, pleased, the giver of boons to the all-knowing \[Fire\], / having approached his presence, spoke this word: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.86.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.5) - [Next: 6.3.86.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.7) - [Up: 6.3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.86.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.86.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.6) · Pramāṇa