A 1079-4 to A 1080-1 Skandapurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1079/4
Title: Skandapurāṇa
Dimensions: 34.8 x 4.2 cm x 264 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/893
Remarks: Kāśīkhaṇḍa
Reel No. A 1079/4 to 1080/1
Inventory No. 102910
Title Kāśīkhaṇḍa
Remarks assigned to the Skandapurāṇa
Author
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete and damaged with breaking and worms
Size 34.8 x 4.2 cm
Binding Hole one in the centre
Folios 264
Lines per Folio 5–6
Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/893
Edited MS No
Manuscript Features
It covers only the second half (uttarārdha) of the text and begins with the 50th adhyāya. One folio in the beginning and folios 256, 342 and 404 are missing. This MS has a wooden cover. Some folios in the end are broken in the right margin. There are altogether three almost blank folios in the beginning and the end.
Excerpts
Beginning
(folio 251 is missing)
vaḥ sthitaḥ |
kṛtāntadūtais te dṛṣṭās taiḥ smṛtā garbhavedanā |
yair idaṃ praṇataṃ liṃgaṃ praṇatās te surāsuraiḥ |
yasyaikena praṇāmena divyālapadam alpakaṃ |
divyālapadataḥ pātaḥ pātaḥ śivanater nna hi || (fol. 252r)
Sub-colophon
iti śrīskandapurāṇe kāśīkhaṇḍe ʼruṇavṛddhakeśavimalagaṃgādityavarṇṇanan nāma ekapañcāśattamo ʼdhyāyaḥ || 51 || (fol. 257v)
End
śṛṇuyād dūradeśe pi yaḥ kāśīkhaṇḍam u///
jñayā | etacchravaṇataḥ puṃsāṃ sarvatra vijayo bhavet |
saubhāgyaṃ cāpi sarvvatra prāpnuyān nirmmalāśayaḥ |
yasya viśveśvaras tuṣṭas tasyaitacchravaṇe mati(ḥ |)///
sarvveṣāṃ maṅgalānāñ ca mahāmaṃgalam uttamam |
gṛhe ʼpi likhitaṃ pūjyaṃ sarvvamaṃgalasiddhaye || (fol. 515r)
Colophon
iti śrīskandapurāṇe kāśīkhaṇḍe anukramanikādhyāyo nāma śata/// (fol. 515r)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1079/4 to 1080/1
Date of Filming 25-02-86
Exposures 267
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by DA
Date 31-01-03
