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The Skanda Purana

by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words

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This page describes Avantikshetra-mahatmya which is section 1 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 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya

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Chapter 1 - The Greatness of Mahākālavana
Chapter 2 - The Decapitation of Brahmā
Chapter 3 - Brahmā’s Expiation
Chapter 4 - The Origin of Vaiśvānara
Chapter 5 - The Arrival of the Lord
Chapter 6 - Getting Rid of the Skull
Chapter 7 - Mode of Life in Mahākālavana
Chapter 8 - The Greatness of Apsaraḥ Kuṇḍa
Chapter 9 - The Greatness of Mahiṣakuṇḍa and Rudrasaras
Chapter 10 - The Glory of Kuṭumbikeśvara
Chapter 11 - The Greatness of Vidyādhara Tirtha
Chapter 12 - The Greatness of Śītalā
Chapter 13 - The Glory of Svargadvāra
Chapter 14 - The Greatness of Catussamudra
Chapter 15 - The Glory of Śaṅkarāditya
Chapter 16 - The Efficacy of the River Nīlagandhavatī
Chapter 17 - The Greatness of Daśāśvamedha
Chapter 18 - The Glory of Ekānaṃśā
Chapter 19 - The Glory of Harasiddhi
Chapter 20 - Pilgrimage to Fourteen Tīrthas
Chapter 21 - The Greatness of Hanumatkeśvara
Chapter 22 - The Efficacy of Rudrasaras
Chapter 23 - Pilgrimage to Mahākāleśvara
Chapter 24 - The Greatness of Vālmīkeśvara
Chapter 25 - The Greatness of Śukreśvara and Other Shrines
Chapter 26 - The Glory of Mandākinī-Kṣetra
Chapter 27 - The Glory of Aṅkapāda (Restoration of Sāndīpani’s Son)
Chapter 28 - The Greatness of Somavatī Tīrtha
Chapter 29 - The Great Efficacy of Anaraka Tīrtha
Chapter 30 - Offering Lights to Anarakeśvara
Chapter 31 - The Greatness of Saubhāgyeśvara and Other Tīrthas
Chapter 32 - Arjuna’s Eulogy of the Sun-god
Chapter 33 - The Greatness of Keśavāditya (108 names of Sun-God, Bhāskara)
Chapter 34 - The Greatness of Śaktibheda Tīrtha
Chapter 35 - The Greatness of Agastyeśvara
Chapter 36 - The Greatness of Naradīpa
Chapter 37 - The Importance of Aṅgārikī Caturthī
Chapter 38 - The Story of Andhaka
Chapter 39 - The Greatness of Mahākālavana
Chapter 40 - The Origin of the Name Kanakaśṛṅgā
Chapter 41 - The Genesis of the Name Kuśasthalī
Chapter 42 - The Genesis of the Name Avantī
Chapter 43 - The Greatness of the Name Ujjayinī
Chapter 44 - The Greatness of the Name Padmāvatī
Chapter 45 - The Efficacy of Kumudvati
Chapter 46 - The Genesis of the Name Amarāvatī
Chapter 47 - The Genesis of the Name Viśālā
Chapter 48 - [Unkown title]
Chapter 49 - Śiprā: The Remover of Jvara
Chapter 50 - The Greatness of Śiprā
Chapter 51 - The Genesis of the Name Amṛtodbhavā
Chapter 52 - The Glorification of Śiprā
Chapter 53a - Sundara Kuṇḍa
Chapter 53b - Piśācamocana Tīrtha
Chapter 54 - The Greatness of Nīlagaṅgā
Chapter 55 - The Greatness of Vimaloda Tīrtha
Chapter 56 - The Greatness of the Confluence of Kṣātā
Chapter 57 - Praise of Gayā Tīrtha
Chapter 58 - The Procedure of Śrāddha
Chapter 59 - The Greatness of Gayā Tīrtha
Chapter 60 - The Importance of the Intercalary Month
Chapter 61 - The Greatness of the Intercalary Month
Chapter 62 - The Glory of Gomatī Kuṇḍa
Chapter 63 - The Greatness of Tīrthas
Viṣṇu-sahasranāma (Garland of a Thousand Epithets of Viṣṇu)
Chapter 64 - The Pilgrimage to Kālabhairava Tīrtha
Chapter 65 - The Greatness of Nāga Tīrtha
Chapter 66 - The Greatness of Nṛsiṃha Tīrtha
Chapter 67 - The Greatness of Kuṭumbeśvara
Chapter 68 - The Greatness of Akhaṇḍeśvara
Chapter 69 - The Greatness of Karkarāja Tīrtha
Chapter 70 - Index of All Tīrthas (in this Text)
Chapter 71 - The Glory of Avantīkṣetra

The Avantīkṣetramāhātmya (Avantī-kṣetra-māhātmya) has 71 chapters and details the Ujjain Tirtha region.

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