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Jalaṁ kiṁ nu sthalaṁ tatra na vidus tattvato janāḥ ।
Kvachit siṁhāḥ kvachid dhaṁsāḥ sārasāś cha mahā-prabhāḥ ॥ 6
Kvachich chhikhaṇḍinas tatra kṛitrimā sumanoharāḥ ।
Tathā nāgāḥ kṛitrimāś cha hayāś chaiva tathā mṛigāḥ ॥ 7
Ke satyāḥ ke asatyāś cha saṁskṛitā viśva-karmaṇā ।
Taithaiva chaivaṁ vidhinā dvāra-pāda-bhūtāḥ kṛitāḥ ॥ 8
Rathā rathi-yutā hy-āsan kṛitrimā hy-akṛitopamāḥ ।
Sarveshāṁ mohanārthāya tathā cha saṁsadaḥ kṛitāḥ ॥ 13, etc.
Evaṁbhūtaḥ kṛitas tena maṇḍapo divya-rūpavān ॥ 20
(Skanda-Purāṇa, Māheśvara-khaṇḍa-prathama, chap. 24, v. 2, 6, 7, 8, 13, 20, for further description, see v. 36-67).
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- Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit