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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 tatha cha saṁsadaḥ kṛitaḥ। (13), etc.
Evaṁbhūtaḥ kṛitas tena maṇḍapo divya-rūpavān॥ (20)
(*Skanda-Purāṇa*, Māheśvara-khaṇḍa-prathama, Chap. XXIV, vv. 2, 6, 7, 8, 13, 20; for further description *see* vv. 36–67.)
Rathasyeśāna-dig-bhāge śālāṁ kṛitvā suśobhanām।
Tan-madhye maṇḍapaṁ kṛitvā vediṁ atra sunirmalām॥
(*Ibid.*, Vaishṇava-khaṇḍa-dvitiya, Chap. XXV, v. 26.)
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- Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit