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# Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 56.1

Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa) 56.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [56.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.56.1)

uttānapāda uvāca:  
anyacca śrotumicchāmi kena gaṅgāvatāritā /  
rudraśīrṣe sthitā devī puṇyā kathamihāgatā //

> Uttānapāda said:  
> I also wish to hear by whom the Gaṅgā was brought down; / how did the auspicious goddess, standing on Rudra's head, come here?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.56.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.56.1) — Sanskrit

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