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# Skandapurana 7.19.43\_71

Skandapurāṇa 7.19.43\_71

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.19.43\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.19.43_71)

surāsurādisṛṣṭyarthaṃ brahmatvaṃ16 punarāsthitā .  
aṇḍasya bhedataḥ17 padmabrahmaṇaḥ18 śaṃkarātmanaḥ .  
brahmalokapurastācca puraṃ tejomayaṃ mahat ..18. .  
yat sthānaṃ vigraheśasya īśvarasya parātmanaḥ .  
nāmnā śivapuraṃ vyāsa gatirīśvarayoginām .. 19..

> For the sake of creating gods, asuras, and the rest, she assumed the state of Brahmā. / From the splitting of the egg of the lotus-born Brahmā, who is of the nature of Śaṃkara, / and in front of the world of Brahmā, is that great city made of light, // 18  
> which is the abode of the Lord of forms, Īśvara, the supreme Self, / named Śivapura, O Vyāsa, the goal of the yogins devoted to the Lord. // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.73.15) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit

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