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# Skandapurana 7.2.5\_39

Skandapurāṇa 7.2.5\_39

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.2.5\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_39)

niṣedhayantītyumeti mātṛsnehena duḥkhitā .  
sā tathoktā tadā mātrā devī duścaracāriṇī .  
tenaiva nāmnā lokeṣu vikhyātā surapūjitā . .29..

> Forbidding her, saying: "O mā" (Oh, do not!), afflicted by motherly affection. / Addressed thus by her mother at that time, the goddess, practising severe \[austerities\], / became celebrated in the worlds and worshipped by the gods by that very name \[Umā\].29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.2.5_39) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.34.86) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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