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The Skanda Purana (IAST: Skanda Purāṇa) is the largest Mukhyapurāṇa, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. [1] The text contains over 81,000 verses, and is of Shaivite literature, [2] titled after Skanda, a son of Shiva and Parvati (who is also known as Murugan in Tamil literature). [3]
The north Indian manuscripts of Padma Purana are very different from south Indian versions, and the various recensions in both groups in different languages (Devanagari and Bengali, for example) show major inconsistencies. [35] Like the Skanda Purana, it is a detailed treatise on travel and pilgrimage centers in India. [34] [36] 3: Vishnu ...
Shavite puranas such as Ganesha Purana, Shiva Purana and Skanda Purana state that Ganesha is the elder of the two. [37] [38] [39] Mahabharata and the Puranas mention various other brothers and sisters of Skanda or Kartikeya. [40] In the northern and eastern Indian traditions, Kartikeya is generally regarded as a celibate bachelor. [5]
The Guru Gita (lit. ' Song of the Guru ') is a Hindu scripture that is said to have been authored by the sage Vyasa.The verses of this scripture may also be chanted. The text is part of the larger Skanda Purana.
Skanda then pays his respects to Shiva, who is a form of Vishnu and Vishnu, who is a form of Shiva. Further, Vishnu is said to dwell in the heart of Shiva and vice versa. Shiva and Vishnu are the one and the same. [11] [12] The Skanda Upanishad further compares the body to the temple and the jiva (life-force) to Shiva.
[47] [49] [50] The content is diverse across the Puranas, and each Purana has survived in numerous manuscripts which are themselves voluminous and comprehensive. The Hindu Puranas are anonymous texts and likely the work of many authors over the centuries; in contrast, most Jaina Puranas can be dated and their authors assigned.
The second part, composed in the later centuries and narrated as a conversation between Shiva and his son Skanda, contains stories about various social groups of the Brahmins. [12] In this part, Shiva tells his son Skanda that ancient sages established the ten divisions of Brahmins (Pancha Gauda and Pancha Dravida). He describes the different ...
The Skanda Purana describes the nature of this gem: [4] From the ocean that was being churned emerged a highly refulgent, extremely bright, most excellent gem having the brilliance of the Sun. It was called Kaustubha. With its brilliance, it illuminated the three worlds.