G. V. Tagare - Skanda Purana Volume 7: Prabhasa Khanda

The Prabhsaketramhtmya (.

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Obeisance to r

Now begins the )

Om. Obeisance to the Supreme .

Om. Obeisance to the gods ).

Obeisance to (Sages) .

1. The Lord ( has been viewed on the earth by their own eyes, cross

the extensive terrible ocean of worldly existence and become embellished with prosperity just as .

2. Obeisance to the Supreme Being, the embodiment of pure consciousness and knowledge. His body is constituted of thirty-six categories .

3. Despite the presence of ) in his throat, Lord iva continued to be alive. May that Lord iva protect you all.

4. At the conclusion of the :

5. O highly intelligent Sta, holy Lord Vysa, the foremost among the knowers of .

6. Due to the exalted majesty and dignity of , and on account of his words all your hairs stood on ends through delight and you became known as Romaharaa.

7. It was to you that the Lord of the sages himself propounded the ancient legend, the .

8. When the Juice is extracted), Hari, the Supreme person manifested himself by a part of himself in your form, for propounding the Purasahit.

9. The .

10. Now, O holy Sir, O Pura specialist, it behoves you to expound the Ytr pertaining to along with all the themes thereof.

11. On hearing the words of the sages, Sta, the most excellent one among those conversant with Puras, bowed down his head to Vysa, the son of and said:

12-16. After bowing down to the Supreme Soul, the Almighty Lord, I shall propound the story with two (sense-organs).

17. The story is couched in the celestial language. It has the etc.). It is embellished with six ornaments (figures of speech).

18. It possesses seven . Further, the nine Guas can be seen spread over throughout. It is free from ten defects.

19. It is embellished with (means of achieving objects).

20. It is further divided into two aspects. It bestows successive waves of knowledge (consciousness). Listen ye all to the meritorious story narrated by Vysa. It is destructive of all sins.

21. On hearing it even a man of evil actions attains the greatest goal. He will be relieved of the three types of miseries. He shall be freed from all distressing worries.

22. Never should one narrate this meritorious story to a (atheist). It should be propounded to a twice-born one who is quiescent and faithful.

23. It should be known that only he is entitled to hear (or read) this scripture and none else, for whom the consecratory rites beginning with .

24. The purity of a , all men of good conduct are entitled.

25-26. Just as (syllables), just as mother is the greatest among those worthy of adoration, just as father is the greatest (most respectable) of all elders, so also the Pura narrated by Skanda is the most important of all scriptural texts.

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28. It was then narrated by Prvat to by Nandin and by him to the intelligent Vysa.

29. It was narrated to me by Vysa and I shall propound it to you all.

30. You are all endowed with good mental attitude. You are all great sages. Hence I am sincerely eager to propound the Skanda to you.

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According to aivism it is not the Big Bang which created the world. They say a subtle vibrating sound (Nda) manifested a Bindu which expanded into this universe.

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Note: This religious incentive to gift manuscripts has resulted in the preservation and spread of these ancient texts.

1. Describe the characteristic features of (story) and its good merits and demerits in detail. How should one assess the distinctive characteristics of the composition of sages and those of ordinary persons? How should it be understood, O highly intelligent one? We wish to hear.