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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 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. There are several versions of the Guru Gita, varying from around 100 to over 400 verses.
The Shiva Purana asserts that it once consisted of 100,000 verses set out in twelve samhitas (books), however the Purana adds that it was abridged by sage Vyasa before being taught to Romaharshana. 5: Bhagavata: 18,000 verses: The most studied and popular of the Puranas, [39] [40] telling of Vishnu's Avatars, and of Vaishnavism.
A core sacred text of Hinduism and philosophy. [15] Bhagavata Purana: one of the "Maha" Puranic texts of Hindu literature, and is Sanskrit for "The Book of God". Bharude, Ovya: devotional poetry. Bhavarth Ramayan: Marathi version of the Ramayana written by Sant Eknath in the 16th century
Kartikeya forms the main theme of Skanda Purana, the largest Mahapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. [55] The text contains over 81,000 verses, and is part of Shaivite literature. [56] While the text is named after Skanda (Kartikeya), he does not feature either more or less prominently in the text than in other Shiva-related ...
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Sahyādri-khaṇḍa is a Sanskrit-language text, notable for containing the founding myths of several Brahmin communities of south-western India. The text claims to be a part of the Skanda Purana. [1] It is actually a collection of disparate texts that date from 5th to 13th centuries, and have been organized as part of a single text relatively ...
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