Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Selections.

Subjects:

Debt.
India.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Vratas.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
Debt -- India -- Religious aspects.

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers.
Hymns.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Small manuscript for personal use, recitation, prayer, and observances (vrata), dedicated to the veneration and worship (pūjā) of Dakṣiṇāmūrti, a form of the Hindu deity Śiva. Benefits such as the removal of debt and ignorance as well as the propagation of one's family are named. Presented as a dialogue between Skanda (named Guha) and the legendary sage Nārada. Text ends after colophon with a short praise of Śiva Dakṣiṇāmūrti in three verses.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 17-18 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃde mahāpurāṇe guhanāradasaṃvāde dakṣiṇāmūrti paṃjaraṃ aṣṭāṣītimodhyāyaḥ // (f. 2v).
Mistakes crossed or blacked out; one addition in margin. Title written in second hand at end of manuscript (f. 2v).
Non-Latin script record.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1562 (UP 2461).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2461

OCLC:

809631680