A 259-5 Skandapurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 259/5
Title: Skandapurāṇa
Dimensions: 37.5 x 10.5 cm x 372 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date: ŚS 1580
Acc No.: NAK 5/5796
Remarks:
Reel No. A 259/5
Inventory No. 67072
Title Skandapurāṇa(kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Remarks
Author
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 37.5 x 10.5 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Folios 370
Lines per Page 9
Foliation figures on the verso
Scribe Indu Varmā (an inhabitant of the modern Bhaktapur)
Date of Copying ŚS 1580 =(~1658 AD)
Place of Copying Bhaktapaṭṭana
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/5796
Manuscript Features
Fols. 25–28, 40–42 and 69–70 are in reverse order.
Fol. 275 is not assigned but the text continues.
There are two exposures fols. 11v–12r.
Excerpts
Beginning
|| ❖ oṁ namaḥ śrīkṛṣṇāya ||
oṁ kāśīpataye namaḥ ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya, naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ |
devīṃ sarasvatīñ caiva, tato jayam udīrayet ||
tan manmahe maheśānaṃ maheśānapriyārbhakaṃ ||
gaṇeśānaṃ karigaṇeśānānanam anāmayaṃ ||
bhūmiṣṭhāpi nayātra bhūs tridivato py uccair adhasthāpi yā,
yāvad dhātuvimuktidā syur amṛtaṃ⟪ā⟫ yasyāṃ mṛtā jantavaḥ |
yā nityaṃ trijagatpavitrataṭinītīre suraiḥ sevyate,
sā kāśī tripurārirājanagarī pāyād apāyāj jagat || (fol. 1v1–3)
End
śṛnuyād ūredeśe ʼpi yaḥ kāśīkhaṇḍam uttamaṃ, sa kāśīvāsapuṇyasya, bhājanaṃ syāc chivājñayā ||
etac chravaṇataḥ puṃsāṃ, sarvatra vijayo bhavet |
saubhāgyaṃ vāpi sarvatra, prāpnuyān nirmmalāśrayaḥ ||
yasya viśveśvaraṃ(!) tuṣṭā(!), tasyaitac chravaṇe matiḥ |
jāyate puṇyayuktasya, mahānirmmalacetasaḥ ||
sarvveṣāṃ maṃgalānāṃ ca, mahāmaṃgalam uttamaṃ |
gṛhe ʼpi likhitaṃ pūjyaṃ, sarvvamaṃgalasiddhaye || (fol. 371r5–7)
Colophon
iti śrīskandapurāṇe kāśīkhaṇḍe anukramaṇikādhyāyo nāma śatatamo ʼdhyāyaḥ samāptaṃ(!) || || śrīśāke 1580 māghamāse kṛṣṇapakṣe caturthyāṃ hastanakṣatre śūlayoge bhaumavāsare kuṃbharāśigate sūryye, kanyārāśigate candramasi, mahāparvvaṇi śrīmati(!)bhakttapaṭṭanādhivāsī(!)daivajñainduvarmmaṇā likhitam idaṃ kāśīkhaṇḍapustakaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ ||
yādṛśī(!) pustaketi || likhanaparī(!)śramavettyeti(!) || śivam astu śubhaṃ || (fol. 371r7–9)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 259/5
Date of Filming 22-02-1972
Exposures 8
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by BK/RK
Date 08-08-2011
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