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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 Skanda Upanishad is written in the voice of Kartikeya (Skanda), the Hindu god of war and the son of Shiva.The Upanishad is narrated in 15 shlokas or verses. [10] Skanda addresses his father Shiva as the Great God (Mahadeva) and says that he is a superior being due to Shiva's grace.
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.
Sri Venkateswar Steam Press (Khemraj Shrikrishnadass) is one of the oldest publishers in India. [1] [2] It was established by two Marwari brothers from Churu, Gangavishnu Bajaj and Khemraj Bajaj, both sons of Shrikrishnadas, who arrived in Mumbai in 1868. Initially Khemraj used to sell book by other publishers as itinerant seller.
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Some texts like the Devi Bhagavata Purana and the Bhavishya Purana narrates the four Kumaras appeared even before the Brahma of the present age (In a cycle of time, some texts say that a Brahma dies and is reborn.) [7] The four Kumaras learnt the Vedas at the age of four or five. [18]