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# Sambapurana 17.12

Sāmbapurāṇa 17.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.samba.17.12)

aṃśurbhagaścātitejā ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ  
nāsatyaścaiva dasraśca smṛtau dvāvaśvināvapi

> Having made the gate impassable to the fierce, they stand at the door, / known by name as Kalmāṣa and Pakṣin, the lords of birds and departed spirits.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.samba~en-mt.17.12) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vulgate](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*vulgate.1.3.61) — Sanskrit
- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.15.131) — Sanskrit

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