Mahabharata 5.47.70

अयं कवाटे निजघान पाण्ड्यं; तथा कलिङ्गान्दन्तकूरे ममर्दअनेन दग्धा वर्षपूगान्विनाथा; वाराणसी नगरी संबभूव

ayaṃ kavāṭe nijaghāna pāṇḍyaṃ; tathā kaliṅgāndantakūre mamardaanena dagdhā varṣapūgānvināthā; vārāṇasī nagarī saṃbabhūva

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