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# Skandapurana 7.8.34\_201

Skandapurāṇa 7.8.34\_201

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.8.34\_201](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_201)

yatra dakṣaḥ purā yajñamayajad daivataissaha1 .  
mahādevena yatrāsya yajño vinihataḥ purā . . 3 . .  
tatrāsau devamabhyarcya snātaḥ prayatamānasaḥ .  
namaskṛtvā daivatebhya idaṃ vacanamabravīt . .4. .  
andhaka uvāca  
yesmin tapovane devā bhūtāni vividhāni ca .  
sarvāṃstāñcharaṇaṃ yāmi tapaḥsiddhiṃ diśantu me2 ..5..

> where formerly Dakṣa performed a sacrifice together with the gods, / \[and\] where formerly his sacrifice was destroyed by Mahādeva. / Having bathed there and worshipped the god, with a purified mind, / bowing down to the gods, he spoke these words:  
> Andhaka said: / “Whichever gods and diverse beings are in this hermitage-grove, / I seek refuge with them all; let them grant me the accomplishment of my austerity!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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