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# Skandapurana 7.12.p2

Skandapurāṇa 7.12.p2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.12.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.12.p2)

vyāsa uvāca1  
gate divaṃ mahādeve vratamādeṣṭumuttamam .  
ekākinī mahādevī kiñcakre tadanantaram . . 1 . .  
sanatkumāra uvāca  
gate divaṃ mahādeve devīṃ girivarātmajām .  
upatasthurmahābhāgā devyo lokasya mātaraḥ . .2. .  
bharatasya sutāgnestu mālinītyabhiviśrutā .  
śucāvatī ca devasya parjanyasya sutāvyayā . . 3 ..

> Vyāsa said: / When Mahādeva had gone to heaven to teach the supreme observance, / what did the great goddess do then, all alone? / Sanatkumāra said: / When Mahādeva had gone to heaven, the blessed goddesses, / the mothers of the world, approached the goddess, the daughter of the best of mountains: / the daughter of Agni Bharata, renowned as Mālinī, / and the imperishable Śucāvatī, daughter of the god Parjanya;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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