A 1174-24(27) Vyāsabhujastambhana
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1174/24
Title: Vyāsabhujastambhana
Dimensions: 38.5 x 13 cm x 77 folios
Material: thyāsaphu
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/40
Remarks: subject uncertain;
Reel No. A 1174/24
Title Vyāsabhujastambhana
Remarks ascribed to Skandapurāṇa
Subject Stotra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material Thyasaphu
State complete
Size 38.5 x 13 cm
Binding Hole -
Folios 80
Lines per Folio 10
Foliation none
Illustrations In the middle of the manuscript there are more than 50 pages with drawings of various deities and a maṇḍala with Nāgas around the edge. The drawings are vivid, of good artistic quality and with many details.
Date of Copying
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3-40
Manuscript Features
The manuscript contains 32 Stotras, see A 1174-24 Stotrasaṃgraha for a complete list.
In many places a and e are indistinguishable, likewise ā and o.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||
eko rudro na dvitīyo yatas tad
brahmaivaikaṃ neha nānāsti kiñ cit ||
yady astv anyaḥ ko 'pi vā kutra cid vā
ceṣṭāṃte<ref>Unmetrical, one syllable is missing.</ref> tasya śaktiḥ samagrā || 1 ||
yaḥ kṣīr[[ā]]bdher mmandarāghātajāto
jvālāmālī kālakuṭo(!) tibhīmaḥ ||
taṃ śoḍhuṃ vā ⟪saḥ⟫ ko 'paro 'bhūn maheśād
yat kīlābhiḥ kṛṣṇatām āpa viṣṇuḥ || 2 || (fol. 73r9-73v1)
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End
nānyaṃ devaṃ vedmy ahaṃ śrīmaheśān
nānyaṃ devaṃ staumi śambho[[. .]]te haṃ ||
nānyaṃ devaṃ cānamāmi tritrāt(?)
satyaṃ satyaṃ satyam etan mṛṣā na || 8 ||<ref>Pāda c is unmetrical.</ref>
itthaṃ yāvat stauti śambhuṃ maharṣis
tāvan nandī śāmbhavādṛkprasādāt ||
tad dostambhaṃ tyaktavāṃś cāvabhāṣe
smāyaṃ smāyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo namo vaḥ || 9 || (fol. 73v5-7)
nandikeśvana(!) uvāca ||
idaṃ stavaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ vyāsena parikīrttitaṃ |
yaḥ paṭhiṣyati medhāvī tasya tuṣyati śaṅkaraḥ ||
vyāsāṣṭakam idaṃ prātaḥ paṭhitavyaṃ prayatnataḥ |
duḥsvapnapāpaśamanaṃ śivasāntidhyakārakaṃ ||
mātṛhā pitṛhā vāpi goghno bālaghna eva vā |
surāpaḥ svarṇṇahṛd vāpi niḥpāpo 'syā stuter jjapāt ||
skanda uvāca ||
pārāśaryyas tadārabhya śambhuśaktiparo bhavat |
liṅgaṃ vyāseśvaraṃ sthāpya ghaṃṭākarṇṇagra(dā)huteḥ(?) ||
etc. etc.
vyāseśvaraḥ prapannena draṣṭavyaḥ kāśivāsibhiḥ ||
ghaṃṭākarṇṇakṛtasnānaiḥ kṣetrapātakabhīrubhiḥ || || (fol. 73v7-74r3)
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Colophon
iti śrīskandapurāṇe kāśīkhaṇḍe vyāsabhujastambhano nāma pañcanavatitamo dhyāyaḥ || ||
stutikarttuṃ na jānāmi stutikarttā tvam eva hi |
vācyas tvaṃ vācakas tvaṃ hi vākyaṃ tat praṇato smi te ||
nānyaṃ vesmi(!) mahādeva nānyaṃ staumi maheśvara |
nānyaṃ jānāmi gaurīśa nānākhyāṃ ādade śiva || etc. etc. || || (fol. 73r3-6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1174/24z
Date of Filming 20-01-1987
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive (scan)
Catalogued by AM
Date 13-12-2013
