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Importance of Kapala-mocana Tirtha Emplacement of God Brahma’s Skull - Verse 1

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 31 · Verse 1

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Sanskrit Original

कथं देवेन रुद्रेण शङ्करेणामितौजसा। कपालं ब्रह्मणः पूर्वं स्थापितं देहजं भुवि।।

kathaṃ devena rudreṇa śaṅkareṇāmitaujasā| kapālaṃ brahmaṇaḥ pūrvaṃ sthāpitaṃ dehajaṃ bhuvi||

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Formerly, how was the skull severed from the body of Brahma, placed on the Earth by Lord Rudra, Sankara, of excessive brilliance ? Suta narrated :