Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study)
by Anand Dilip Raj | 2002 | 65,969 words
The essay studies in English the Sucindrasthala-mahatmya which represents a significant Sthalamahatmya from South India detailing the origins and development of the Trimurti temple at Suchindram in Tamil Nadu. The study reveals its legends, customs, and religious practices. It is divided into two parts: Part I includes a study with four chapters di...
Important Sthala-mahatmyas and related Puranas
mahatmyam 1. agnisvaramahatmyam 11 2. anantasayana 3. alakapuri 11 " 4. arunacala 5. asmantrakavana 6. ahisakuti $1 7. adikailasa " 8. adipuri || 9. anandakanana 10. isupataksetra 11 11. uttaramayurasthala 12. uttaravedisvara 13. usiravana 14. kamyakrsna 11 " 15. kamalalaya 11 16. karanjavana 17. ka. yapakhya " 18. kalahasti 19. kasi 11 20. kumbhakona " 21. krsna || 11 " puranam - bhavisyottarapuram brahmandapuranam - bhavisyottarapuranam lida . gapuranam - vidyanupuranam brahmavaivartapuranam skandapuranam - skandapuranam vayupuranam - skandapuranam 11 - brahmakaivartapuranam Viii agneyapuranam brahmakaivartapuranam padmapuranam skandapuranam - saivapuranama skandapuranam -sivarahasyam I brahmakaivartapuranam agneyapuranam skandapuranam
22. krsnakseta 23. kitakivana 24. kasikedara " 11 25. kevara " 26. kandakapuri 27. gaya 28. ganesa " I 29. gopurakhira 30. gostipura " 31. gomuktisvara 11 "1 " 32. gautami " 33. dhonesvara 11 34. caturmakha 35. citrakuta 1 11 36. cidambara 11 37. candalaparamekharau " 38. campakaranya 39. cyutapura 40. jalyosvara "1 41. jhanada . kurapura 42. tanjapura 11 11 43. tayambaka 44. tamrapani 11 45. tyagaraja 46. kyu 11 " 11 ix I padmapuranam skandapuranam brahmakaivartapuranam - vayupuranam - padmapuranam | | | | | skandapuranam varahapuranam brahmandapuranam - brahamandapu brahmandapuranam - ritipuranam varahapuranam bhavisyottarapuranam skandapuranam sakandapuranam brahmandapuranam sauvapuranam - isanasamhita karmapuranam - bhavisyottarapuranam brahmandapuranam padmapuranam saivapuranam padmapuranam, srstikhandam
47. trisirogiri 48. tulakaveri 49. tejiniva 50. durgapuri [ 51. devadaruvanam 52. devapuri 53. dvaraka 54. dhanurmasa 55. nandipura 56. nagesvara " 11 "I " If || 57. nathankoyila " " " || 58. namastikasthala 59. nalikandasthala "1 || ☐ 1 1 saivaruranam agneyapuranam sauvapuranam bhavisyottarapuranam brahmandapuranam brahmakaivartapuranam sakandapuranam, prahladasamhita agneyapuranam bhavisyottarapuranam - saivapuranam | | | 1 bhavisyottarapuranam saivapuranam - kotirudrasamhita sakandapuranam 60. nrsimha 61. pattikhara 62. patnitirtha 63. pancanada 64. parasutrttapura - 65. parasara ksetra " 66. pasupisvara 67. prabhakaraksetra 68. prayaga "1 "1 69. parijatacala 70. pandurau 71. pinakini 11 TI " bhavisyottarapuranam - saivapuranam brahamakaiva brahmakaivartapuranam sakandapuranam, sutasamhita bhavisyottarapuranam bhavisyottarapuranam brahmapuranam | | X skandapuranam brahmandapuranam
" 72. purusattama 73. puspavana 11 74. pundarikapura 75. pullaranya 76. bakularanya 77. badari (1 78. bilvavana 79. bilvaranya 80. brhatirtha 81. brhadisvara " 11 Th #1 11 " 82. brahmapara 1 t 83. brahumaranya || 84. bhismesvara 11 85. bhumisvara 86. madhyarjuna 87. mallari 11 || 31 88. mandakhana " i skandapuranam bhavisyottarapuranam - saivapuranam - saivapuranam - ekadasa rudrasamhita agneyapuranam + skandapuranam -kotirudrasamhita skandapuranam -sanatkumasamhita saivapuranam skandapuranam bhavisyottarapuranam bhavisyottaranapuranam brahmandapuranam brahmandapuranam 89. mandakinivacala 90. mayurasthala 11 91. mihiresvarasthala 92. mihirodaya 93. yadavagiri 94. laksmipura 95. vatakhyaksetra 96. vacchesvara " " 11 11 J 1 "I || 1 1 bhamvesyottarapuranam- skandapuranam brahmandapuranam brahmandapuranam skandapuranam ! saivapuranam skandapuranam -sanatkumarasamhita naradiyapuranam brahumandapuranam agneyapuranam sakandapuranam - sanatkumarasamhita xi ☑
97. brddhigiri || 98. vrddhacala 99. vokatagiri 100. vaimkatesvara 101. vedaranya " " 102. vaidhanathasthala 103. vaidhaisvara 104. saktipura 105. saktivana 106. saranyacara 107. sada . kakhya "1 II "1 " " 108. rambhumadeviksetra 109. sikkallisthala 110. sivasanci J 111 vrda . gverapura 112. sriraga 11 113. sveta giri 11 114. samudresvara "I 115. svarnanadadvara 11 116. svarnasthana || 117 svamigiri 118. svayambhuvaksetra 119. sitakunda 120 sugrandhivana 11 " xii | 11 | saivapuranam brahmakaivartapuranam bhavisyottarapuranam brahmakaivartapuranam saivapuranam saivapuranam suryasamhita - agneya agneyapuranam bhavisyottarapuranam - saivapuranam brahmakaivartapuranam skandapuranam - nagarakhandah 1 1 1 " saivapuranam - sanatkumarasamhita brahumandapuranam brahmandapuranamr mandapara skandapuranam saivapuranam -brahmake brahmakaivartapuranam ☐ 1 brahmakaivartapuranam skandapuranam - sanatkumarasamhita vayupuranam saivapuranam -
121 suvarnamukhari 122. setu skandapuranam - skandapuranam 123. somanatha 124. hariharesvara 125 hastigiri 126. hatakesvara - sevapuranam skandapuranam - sahyadrikhandam - brahmapuranam ________-_skandapuranam - nagarakhanda 127 herandakanana - brahmandapuranam Xiii
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