[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) › 6.3.97.53 # Skandapurana 6.3.97.53 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.97.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.97.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.97.53) tatastena kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā saṃsmṛtā hṛdi tāmasī . āgatā tāmasī māyā yayā vyāptaṃ carācaram .. 97.53 .. > Then, having meditated for a moment, he recalled the darkness in his heart. / Darkness arrived as an illusion by which the animate and inanimate world was covered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.97.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.97.52) - [Next: 6.3.97.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.97.54) - [Up: 6.3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.97) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.97.53) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.97.53) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.97.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.97.53) · Pramāṇa