Kāñcīmāhātmya / Kāñcīsthalamāhātmya - Skāndapurāṇa
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE30550
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Purāṇa, Sthalamāhātmya
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_009022
Manuscript No.
RE30550
Title Alternate Script
काञ्चीमाहात्म्य / काञ्चीस्थलमाहात्म्य - स्कान्दपुराण
Subject Description
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good
Manuscript Extent
Complete
Folios in Text
216
Folio Range of Text
1a - 216b
No. of Divisions in Text
50
Range of Divisions in Text
1 - 50
Title of Divisions in Text
adhyāya
Lines per Side
6 - 8
Folios in Bundle
216
Width
4 cm
Length
44.5 cm
Bundle No.
RE30550
Miscellaneous Notes
There are 50 chapters in this text, of which beginning 4 chapters are attributed to sanatkumārasaṃhitā of skāndapurāṇa; in the colophon of 5th no such name of saṃhitā is mentioned; and remaining chapters are attributed to śaṃkarasaṃhitā of skāndapurāṇa
Text Contents
1.Folio 1a - 2b.(prathama).
2.Folio 2b - 5a.(dvitīya).
3.Folio 5a - 9b.(tṛtīya).
4.Folio 9b - 15b.indratīrthamahimānuvarṇana (caturtha).
5.Folio 15b - 18a.puṇyakoṭīśvaramahimānuvarṇana (pañcama).
6.Folio 18a - 20b.vighneśotpattikathana (ṣaṣṭha).
7.Folio 21a - 24a.(saptama).
8.Folio 24b - 27a.maṇikaṇṭheśvara-mahimānuvarṇana (aṣṭama).
9.Folio 27a - 32b.maṇikaṇṭhiśvara-phaṇāmaṇīśvara-mahimānuvarṇana (navama).
10.Folio 32b - 37a.vyāsaśrāntāśrayeśvarannimānuvarṇana (daśama).
11.Folio 37a - 40b.parāśaramahimānuvarṇana (ekādaśa).
12.Folio 40b - 42b.ādipiteśa-nṛsiṃheśa-muktīśa-phaṇādhareśa-mahimānuvarṇana (dvādaśa).
13.Folio 43a - 49a.iṣṭasiddhīśvaramahimānuvarṇana (trayodaśa).
14.Folio 49a - 52b.kacchapeśvaramahimānuvarṇana (caturdaśa).
15.Folio 52b - 55b.svayambhuliṅgatridaśeśvara-paścimeśvara-śivasvarūpaharivarṇana (pañcadaśa).
16.Folio 55b - 59a.anekapeśvakailāsanātheśvaramahimānuvarṇana (ṣoḍaśa).
17.Folio 59a - 64a.vīrarāghaveśvara-balabhadreśvara-kalmīśvara-valmīkeśvara-mahimānuvarṇana (saptadaśa).
18.Folio 64a - 66b.bhairaveśvaramahimānuvarṇana (aṣṭādaśa).
19.Folio 66b - 69a.viśvakseneśvara-vikaṭacakravighneśvara-mahimānuvarṇana (ekonaviṃśa).
20.Folio 69a - 74b.dakṣeśvaramahimānuvarṇana (viṃśa).
21.Folio 74b - 78a.tripurārīśvara-hiraṇyeśvara-hiraṇyākṣeśvarādimahimānuvarṇana (ekaviṃśa).
22.Folio 78a - 81a.śarabheśvara-varāheśvara-svayambhuliṅgāndhakeśvara-mahimānuvarṇana (dvāviṃśa).
23.Folio 81a - 86b.bāṇeśvara-auṇakānteśvara-jalandhareśvara-mahimānuvarṇana (trayoviṃśa).
24.Folio 86b - 89b.jalandhareśvaramahimānuvarṇana (caturviṃśa).
25.Folio 89b - 91a.viṣṇuvarasthāneśvaramahimānuvarṇana (pañcaviṃśa).
26.Folio 91a - 95a.paraśurāmeśvaramahimānuvarṇana (ṣaḍviṃśa).
27.Folio 95a - 98a.reṇukeśvaramahimānuvarṇana (saptaviṃśa).
28.Folio 98a - 99b.govindapāṭhayogācāryapratiṣṭhitaśivaliṅgānāṃ mahimānuvarṇana (aṣṭāviṃśa).
29.Folio 99b - 102b.tīrtharājeśvara-sarvatīrthagaṅgāvareśvara-viśvanātheśvara-adimahimānuvarṇa(ekonatriṃśa.
30.Folio 102b - 105a.mahāliṅgamahimānuvarṇana (triṃśa).
31.Folio 105a - 110b.vīrāṭṭahāseśvarakāmakoṭīpīṭhabiladvāracakratīthādimahimānuvarṇana (ekatriṃśa).
32.Folio 110b - 114a.dharmaputraliṅgahimakiriṭinakulasahādevadraupadidṛṣṭadyumnādirājaliṅga . . (dvātriṃśa).
33.Folio 114a - 117b.kṛṣṇeśvaracandrakalākhaṇḍacandrakāviṣṇutvakauśika . .. (trayastriṃśa).
34.Folio 117b - 122a.kumarakoṣṭhasenāpatīśvara-nārāyaṇamāyāmohinīśvaramahimānuvarṇana (catustriṃśa).
35.Folio 122a - 126a.maṅgalāmaṇḍapatraisihmāsanamaṅgaleśamaṅgalātīrtharāmeśvara . . .(pañcatriṃśa).
36.Folio 126a - 130a.vedaikāmravṛkṣāvirbhāvakāñcīpurivarṇanaśrīmadekāmranāthamahimānuvarṇana(ṣaṭtriṃśa.
37.Folio 130b - 133b.kampānadīmahimānuvarṇana-vedaikāmṛataramahima . . (saptatriṃśa).
38.Folio 133b - 137b.brahmapūjitasvacchaikāmreśvara-viṣṇupūjitacoraikāmreśvara . . . (aṣṭatriṃśa).
39.Folio 137b - 140a.śrīmadekāmranāthastanakaṅkaṇamudrāṅkāvirbhāvamahimānuvarṇana (ekonacatvāriṃśa).
40.Folio 140a - 143a.śrīmadekāmranāthaliṅge devīstanavalayāṅkāvirbhāvavarṇana (catvāriṃśa).
41.Folio 143a - 146b.vṛṣeśvarakāmākṣyāgamanamahimānuvarṇana (ekacatvāriṃśa).
42.Folio 146b - 150b.rakṣābandhaneśvara-kaṭakeśvara-śrīmadekāmranāthaliṅge devīstana . . (dvicatvāriṃśa).
43.Folio 150b - 156b.śrīmadekāmraliṅge devīstanavalayāṅkāvirbhāvavarṇana . . (tricatvāriṃśa).
44.Folio 156b - 159b.śrīmadekāmranāthaliṅgadevīstanavalayāṅkāvirbhāvavarṇana . . (catuścatvāriṃśa).
45.Folio 159b - 172b.kāmākṣikalyāṇavarṇana (pañcacatvāriṃśa).
46.Folio 172b - 181a.nityāhnikācārapraśaṃsā (ṣaṭcatvāriṃśa).
47.Folio 181a - 193a.nityāhnikasamupāsyamānaikamranāthamahimānuvarṇana (saptacatvāriṃśa).
48.Folio 193a - 200a.śivālayapratiṣṭhāpya pañcaviṃśatimūrtibhedātiberavarṇana (aṣṭacatvāriṃśa).
49.Folio 200a - 207a.ekāmranāthamahimāmahotsavavarṇana (ekonapañcāśa).
50.Folio 207a - 216a.ekāmranāthapurāṇamahimānuvarṇana (pañcāśa).
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Manuscript Beginning
Fol - 1a, l - 1; savakaṭajātamadāśṛtabaṃbharaprakaṭakūjita nādita diktaṭaṃ । nikaṭavāsinamekarasālīno vikaṭacakravināyakam āśraye। purā kecin mahābhāgā munayassaṃśitavratāḥ। naimiśe parame puṇye tapastepussuduṣkaraṃ । vasiṣṭaḥ kāśyapaḥ kaṇvaḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ ।
Manuscript Ending
Fol - 216a, l - 2; kāmakoṭisamāpīṭhaṃ nāsti nāsti jagatraye । kāmākṣikucakuṃbhacūcukaśikhārekhāyitāṃ kojvalabhakti . . . . Manorayāmaraṇīllokaikarakṣāmaṇīḥ । sevānamṛ rameśamukhyadiviṣatkoṭiraratnaprabhā prāk bhārāñcitacūtamūlavasatiḥ pāyādapāyacchivaḥ । iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇe śaṃkarasaṃhitāyāṃ kālikākhaṇḍe tīrthapraśaṃsāyāṃ kāñcīsthānamāhātmye śrīmadekāmṛanāthapurāṇamahimānuvarṇanannāma pañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ । śrīkāmākṣambāsameta śrīmadekāmranāthārpaṇamastu । śrīsundarāmbāsameta śrīkacchapeśvarārpaṇamastu । gaṇapatisubrahmaṇyārpaṇamastu । nandanāmasamvatsaraṃ vaighyāśi[vaikāśi]māsaṃ । śrīkāñcīmāhātmyaṃ eṭutimuṅcatu . . . . Gurukkalpustakam।
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manuscripts_009022
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Kāñcīmāhātmya / Kāñcīsthalamāhātmya - Skāndapurāṇa,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on November, 4th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/387341