A 1086-6 Skandapurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1086/6
Title: Puruṣottamamāhātmya
Dimensions: 45 x 4.1 cm x 154 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/1081
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1086/6
Inventory No. 100231
Title Skandapurāṇa
Remarks
Author
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material Plam-leaf
State incomplete, damaged
Size 45.0 x 4.1 cm
Binding Hole(s) 1, circular, in the middle
Folios 154
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures on the middle of the right-hand margin
Scribe
Date of Copying
Place of Copying
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/1081
Manuscript Features
The MS contains puruṣottamamāhātmya chapter. The available folios are: 1–23, 25–36, 38–47, 49–56, 58–73, 77–93, 96–114 and 116–164.
Excerpts
Beginning
caraṃ sarvaṃ tīrthāni sarito vyathāḥ ||
kṣetrāṇi ca yathāsthānaṃ tan niveśya yathā purā ||
tato viciṃtayāmāsa sa vai lokapitāmahaḥ ||
pratisvadivasaḥ prātaḥ śṛ(!)ṣṭibhāranipīḍitaḥ ||
punar etāṃ priyāṃ gurvīṃ nāraneyaṃ (!) kathaṃ tv iti ||
tāpatrayārttibhastā (!) vā mucyete (!) jaṃtavaḥ kathaṃ ||
evaṃ ciṃtayamānasya (!) matir āsīt prajāpateḥ || (fol. 2v1–2)
End
yaś caitaṃ śṛṇuyād bhaktyā vācyamānaṃ dvijottamaiḥ ||
as(!)vamedhasahaśra(!)sya phalaṃ so ⟨|⟩ vai phalaṃ labhet ||
arddhodapādayoḥ yogāḥ cchaṃdena parikīrttitāḥ ||
tatkoṭiguṇatatpuṇyaṃ viṣṇor māhātmyakīrtanāt
prātaḥ prātar yaḥ sṛ(!)ṇuyāt kapilāśa(!) tadā bhavet ||
gāṃgaiḥ puskarajais toyair abhiṣekaphalaṃ labet ||
dhanyaṃ yasasyam āyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ saṃtānavarddhanaṃ ||
svargapratiṣṭhāmatidaṃ sarvapāpāpanodanaṃ ||
etad rahasyam ākṣā(!)taṃ purāṇeṣu sugopitaṃ ||
vaiṣṇavebhyo vinānyeṣu na tu vācyaṃ kadācana ||
vyutake ʼpahṛtāye ca duradhītaśṛtān amīḥ ||
nāstikāyāṃbhikā (!) nityaṃ paradeśopadarśinaḥ ||
avaiṣṇavā moghajīvās tebhyo gopya sadaiva hi || ❖ || (fol. 163v1–4)
Colophon
iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe caturaśītisāhasre uktala(!)khaṃde jaiminiruṣisaṃvāde puruṣottamamāhātmye aṣṭacatvāriṃśattamo dhyāyaḥ || ❁ || puruṣottamamāhātmyaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ || ❁ || śrī || śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ || śrī || ❖ || śrī || ❖ || śrī || haraye namaḥ || śrī || ○ || ○ || ❖ ||
bhagnapṛṣṭhakaṭigrīvātulyadṛṣṭir adhomukhaḥ ||
duḥkhena likhitaṃ graṃthaṃ putravat paripālayet ||
namaste kamalākāṃta namaste kamalāsanaḥ ||
namaḥ kamalapatrākṣa trāhi māṃ puruṣottama || ||
bhīmasyāpi raṇo bhaṃgo muner api matir bhramaḥ ||
yadi śuddham aśuddhaṃ vā mama doṣo na vidyate || ❁ ||
haraye nama ity uccai mucyate ghor akilviṣāt ||
duritāni palāyaṃte siddādbhi(!) ambhagā yathā [ḥ]|||
śrīrāma rāma (fol. 163v4–164r3)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1086/6
Date of Filming 03-03-1986
Exposures 167
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by RT
Date 17-08-2011
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