Contemporary recitation of Skandapur āṇ a māhātmya ?

[McComas Taylor]

Dear colleagues

I am interested in the contemporary uses of puranic texts, in particulary the Skandapurāṇa. Below is a list of the main māhātmya of the Skanda.

Do any of you good folk know if any of these texts are still recited or at least drawn on or employed in ritual in their relevant situations?

Thanks in advance

McComas






 

  
  
Section no.

  
  
  
Section title

  
  
  
Contents of section

  
 
 
  
  
1.2

  
  
  
Kaumārika-khaṇḍa
  (KKh)

  
  
  
māhātmya
  of Mahīsāgarasaṃgama tīrtha, (Kambath,  Gujarat)

  
 
 
  
  
2.1

  
  
  
Veṅkaṭācala-māhātmya (VM)

  
  
  
Mt Tirumali, near
  Tirupati, AP

  
 
 
  
  
2.2

  
  
  
Puruṣottamakṣetra- māhātmya (PM)

  
  
  
Puri, Orissa

  
 
 
  
  
2.3

  
  
  
Badarikāṣrama-māhātmya (BM)

  
  
  
Badrinath, Uttarakhand

  
 
 
  
  
2.4

  
  
  
Kārttikamāsa-māhātmya (KM)

  
  
  
various rites to
  be performed during this month

  
 
 
  
  
2.6

  
  
  
Bhāgavata-māhātmya (BhM)

  
  
  
māhātmya of Bhāgavata-purāṇa

  
 
 
  
  
2.7

  
  
  
Vaiśākhamāsa-māhātmya (VaiśM)

  
  
  
rites performed
  for Viṣṇu in month of Vaiśākha

  
 
 
  
  
2.8

  
  
  
Ayodhyā-māhātmya (AM)

  
  
  
tīrthas around
  Ayodhyā, UP

  
 
 
  
  
2.9

  
  
  
Vāsudeva-māhātmya (VāsM)

  
  
  
churning of the
  ocean, description of the earth, dharma of varṇa and āśrama

  
 
 
  
  
3.1

  
  
  
Setu-māhātmya (SM)

  
  
  
Ramsetu, TN
  ‘Adam’s Bridge’

  
 
 
  
  
3.3

  
  
  
Brāhmottara-khaṇḍa (BKh)

  
  
  
greatness and
  glorification of Śiva

  
 
 
  
  
4.1-4.2

  
  
  
Kāśī-khaṇḍa 

  
  
  
Varanasi  

  
 
 
  
  
5.3

  
  
  
Revā-khaṇḍa

  
  
  
tīrthas and
  temples on banks of Narmadā R

  
 
 
  
  
6

  
  
  
Nāgara-khaṇḍa

  
  
  
Hāṭakeśvarakṣetra 
  and Vaḍnagara, Gujarat

  
 
 
  
  
7.2

  
  
  
Vastrāpathakṣetra- māhātmya (Vaṅga.)

  
  
  
Gujarat

  
 
 
  
  
7.4

  
  
  
Dvārakā-māhātmya

  
  
  
Kṛṣṇa’s capital
  after flight from Mathurā, traditionally associated with Gujarat

  
 




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McComas Taylor
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ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
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