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39 rttanam | prthivyadinam gunanirupanam | pitato'sthimajjadinam madhato mamsacami- dinamapi utpattikathanam | nada़ी sandhiprabhrtinam sankhyadikathanam | sarirasya syavayavavisese saptavimsatinaksatranamavasthanirdesah, evam pancadasatithinamavasthi- tinirupanam | sarirastharasicakranirupanam | satcakranirupanam | dehe caturdasa- lokavasthanasthanadinirupananca || 3ye patale, - jivasthananirupanamukhena kalya nandagtahe krsnatvam sundaryya radhika- tvamityadi yuthaisvaryyadinirupanam | panam vrndavanatvakathanam | tatra krsnadina- mavasthanadinirupanam | tattvajnananirupanam | tattvajnanasadhanaprakriyakathanam | chayasiddhiprakarakathanam | yogasadhanaprakarakirttananca | 4, 5 me patale, - bijoddharadikathanam | daihikasthanabhedena jalasya gangodaka- paramrta-deharacakadinamabhedakathanam | kalinamanirvvacanam | yoginam manasi- pujaprakaranirupanam | viranamantaryajanaprakarakathanam | jnanatmakacakrasamsthanadi- nirupanam | sagunanirgunabhedena vividhasambhacakranirupananca | I No. 1744. skandapuraniyamachyadrikhande vadarimahatmyavibhagah | Substance, country-made paper, 14 x 7 inches. Folia, 102. Lines, 8 on a page. Extent, 2,091 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, ? Place of deposit, Nasipura, Zila Murshidabad, Raja Ramachand Simha. Appearance, fresh. Verse. Incorrect. Badarika-mahatmya.-A dissertation on the sacred pools and temples of a place of great sanctity called Badarikasrama, or the hermitage of plum trees.' The place is situated on the west bank of the Alakananda river in the province of Srinagar; its modern name being Badrinath, the famous place of pilgrimage on the Himalaya; its presiding divinity is Mahadeva. The work professes to be a part of the 7 th book of the Skanda Purana. It comprises 23 chapters, several of which are devoted to stories in praise of Siva and Parvati; nowhere, however, is Vaishnavism reviled in it. Like most other Mahatmyas, it is of modern date. The Index given in the Narada Purana does not name a Sahyadri-khanda for the Skanda Purana, but there is a brief note in the Vaishnava-khanda on the Badarikasrama. Beginning. sriganesaya namah | dharmmadrdhabaddhamulo vedaskandhah puranasakha|dyah| kratukusuma macaphalo madhusudanapadapa jayati ||