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Skandapurana 7.18.89_90

Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89_90

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7.18.89_90

pravavrāja mahādaityaḥ śamepsurmokṣasiddhaye .
punarāvartakaṃ janma buddhvā cānityatā parām ..57. .
kaṣṭaṃ rājyamiti jñātvā prahrādaḥ paramārthavit .
abhiṣicya sutaṃ rājye ditijānāṃ31 virocanam ..5 8 ..

Desiring tranquility for the attainment of liberation, the great Daitya renounced worldly life, / understanding that rebirth brings sorrow and that supreme impermanence rules all.
Realizing kingship to be painful, Prahrāda, knower of the highest reality, / consecrated his son Virocana to the kingship of the Daityas.

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