Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Caturashiti-linga-mahatmya which is section 2 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 2 - 颁补迟耻谤补艣墨迟颈-濒颈峁単补-尘腻丑腻迟尘测补
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The 颁补迟耻谤补艣墨迟颈濒颈峁単补尘腻丑腻迟尘测补 (颁补迟耻谤补艣墨迟颈-濒颈峁単补-尘腻丑腻迟尘测补) has 84 chapters and contains glorification of eighty-four 濒颈峁単补 shrines in 础惫补苍迟墨.
This Section deals with the eighty-four temples which existed at the time of this 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 in 惭补丑腻办腻濒补惫补苍补 area. Thus, in a way, it is a complement to the first Section called 膧惫补苍迟测补-办峁迟谤补-尘腻丑腻迟尘测补. Here the author states the geographical location of every shrine, the name of the 艢颈惫补-尝颈峁単补 thereof and a legend to explain the name, 鈥榟istory鈥� and importance of that Li峁単a. The author modifies a Pur膩峁噄c legend to suit his purpose and/or attributes a new legend with mythological names, thus giving them a semblance of a real Pur膩峁噄c story.
As this Section describes the 艢颈惫补 shrines in 惭补丑腻办腻濒补惫补苍补 area, some duplication of the sacred places mentioned in the previous Section is inevitable. Hence we find the repetition of the legends of 础驳补蝉迟测别艣惫补谤补 (chapter 1), Ku峁璾mbe艣vara (chapter 14), 础辫蝉补谤补岣� 碍丑补峁囜笉补 (chapter 17), 笔颈艣腻肠补尘辞肠补苍补 (chapter 68), to mention a few.