A 1040-4 (Skandapurāṇa)

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1040/4
Title: [Skandapurāṇa]
Dimensions: 26.9 x 13 cm x 104 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/75
Remarks:

Reel No. A 1040/4

Inventory No. 67254

Title Brahmottarakhaṇḍa

Remarks part of the Skandapurāṇa

Author

Subject Purāṇa

Language Sanskrit

Text Features

Reference SSP, p. 97a, no. 3655

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 26.9 x 13.0 cm

Binding Hole

Folios 102

Lines per Folio 10

Foliation figures in the lower right-hand margin of the verso

Illustrations

Scribe

Date of Copying

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3/75

Manuscript Features

Complete; partial marginal damage. MS holds the all 22 chapters of the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa of the Skandapurāṇa.

Excerpts

Beginning

|| oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

jyotirmātrasadānaṃdanirmalajñānarūpiṇe ||
namaḥ śivāya śāṃtāya brahmaṇe liṃgamūrttaye || 1 ||

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ||

ākhyātaṃ bhavatā sūta viṣṇor māhātmyam uttamaṃ ||
samastāghaharaṃ puṇyaṃ samāsena śrutaṃ ca naḥ || 2 ||

idānīṃ śrotum icchāmo māhātmyaṃ tripuradviṣaḥ ||
tad bhaktānāṃ ca māhātmyam aśeṣāghaharaṃ paraṃ || 3 || (fol. 1v1–4)

End

te janmabhājaḥ khalu jīvaloke
yeṣāṃ mano dhyāyati viśvanāthaṃ ||
vāṇīguṇāṃ stauti kathāṃ śṛṇoti
śrotadvayaṃ te bhavam uttaraṃti || 135 ||

vividhaguṇavimodair nityam aspṛṣṭarūpaṃ
jagati ca vahiraṃ[[ta]]rbhāsamānaṃ mahimnā ||
manasi ca bahiraṃtaṃ vāṅmano vṛttirūpaṃ
paramaśivam anaṃtānaṃtasāṃdraṃ prapadye || ❁ || (fol. 106r5–8)

Colophon

iti śrībrahmottarakhaṃḍe purāṇaśravaṇamahimānuvarṇanaṃ nāma ⟪catuś catvāriṃśo dhyāyaḥ⟫ [[dvāviṃśo dhyāyaḥ]] ||    || ❁ || śrīviśvanāthārppaṇam astu || 22 || ❁ || 22 || 22 || ❁ ||    || ❁ || (fol. 102r8–9)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1040/4

Date of Filming 10-12-1985

Exposures 107

Slides

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by MS

Date 22-07-2008

Bibliography