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# Skandapurana 7.17.27\_80

Skandapurāṇa 7.17.27\_80

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.17.27\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.27_80)

devī satī ca sādhvī ca sahadharmacarī ca me .  
brahmaṇyā ca śaraṇyā ca tvaṃ me nityaṃ priyā priye .. 131 . .  
akāryamapi kāryaṃ hi ato152 devi mayā tava .  
kiṃ punaryadyaśonmiśramīdṛśaṃ153 dharmasaṃyutam . . 13 2. .  
tarpitā brāhmaṇā devi devāśca sagaṇāstvayā .  
gṛhītaḥ putrakaścāyaṃ tvayāśokataruḥ priye .. 133 ..

> “O Goddess, faithful, virtuous, and companion in my sacred duties,  
> pious towards brahmins and offering refuge, you are ever dear to me, O beloved! // 131  
> Even what should not be done must certainly be done by me for your sake, O Goddess;  
> how much more that which is combined with glory and endowed with righteousness? // 132  
> The brahmins have been gratified by you, O Goddess, and so too the gods along with the Gaṇas;  
> and this little son, the Aśoka tree, has been adopted by you, O beloved. // 133  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.17.27_80) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.167.131) — Sanskrit

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