Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Arunacala-khanda (Purvardha) which is section 3a of the English translation of the Skanda Purana, the largest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, preserving the ancient Indian society and Hindu traditions in an encyclopedic format, detailling on topics such as dharma (virtous lifestyle), cosmogony (creation of the universe), mythology (itihasa), genealogy (vamsha) etc.
Section 3a - Arun膩cala-办丑补峁囜笉补 (P奴rv膩rdha)
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The Arun膩cala办丑补峁囜笉补 (Arun膩cala-办丑补峁囜笉补) or Arun膩cala尘腻丑腻迟尘测补 (Arun膩cala-尘腻丑腻迟尘测补) has 37 chapters and is related to the Tiruvannamalai Tirtha region, south India. It is further divided into two parts: P奴rv膩rdha (13 chapters) and Uttar膩rdha (24 chapters).
Notes regarding the Arun膩cala-办丑补峁囜笉补 (P奴rv膩rdha):
The third section of the M膩he艣vara办丑补峁囜笉补 of 厂办补苍诲补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 is called Aru峁嚹乧ala尘腻丑腻迟尘测补. It is divided into two parts. The first part consists of a dialogue between god 叠谤补丑尘腻 and Sanaka and contains thirteen chapters. The second part has a different pair of interlocutors, viz., 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 and 惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补 and contains twenty-four chapters. There is the inevitable duplication of topics in these parts, but they are treated as different, as recorded in the 狈腻谤补诲补-辫耻谤腻峁嘺, probably due to the difference in the pair of interlocutors.