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# Skandapurana 7.18.89\_112

Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_112

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.18.89\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_112)

purā bhāgīrathītīre dvijaḥ paramadharmavit .  
nāmnā dānarucirnāma uñchavṛttirbabhūva ha ..37. .  
sarvavidyāvinītātmā sarvabhūtābhayapradaḥ .  
saha patnyā ca madbhakto vahnihomaparāyaṇaḥ ..38..

> Long ago, on the bank of the Bhāgīrathī, there was a twice-born man, supreme knower of dharma, / named Dānaruci, who lived by gleaning ears of grain.  
> His mind was disciplined through all sciences, he granted safety to all beings, / and together with his wife he was devoted to me, intent upon offerings in the fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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- [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.70.33) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit

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