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MINISTRY OF CULTURE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 19 Colophon. iti kamalakarabhattakatatirthakamalakarah samaptah | visayah| tirthayacapuvaidinadyatyanirupanam | tasya badavidhikathanam | vapanavyavastha | tirtha- pratigrahadinisedhah | gayayameva sradadine prasthanam nauthantare tu srasottaradina evenikathanam | tirthagata niyamakathanam | tirthapraptidinadyatyanirupanam | tatra mundanosvaram khanadividhanam | jiva- pitakenapi taurthe mundanam karyaminikathanam | sanado mantrakathanam | tarpanavidhih | sarvvesu tirthesu samanyatah satyanirupanapuyaikam kamotirthe karttavya nirdesah | pancakrosayatra vidhih | kasaukha- linganam namadikathanam | gayayacavivikirttanam | cakale'pi taca yacayam vidhanakathanam | caca prayogakathanam | gadhasrade visesadharmakathanam | nisikhe'pi dine gayayam tilatarpanavidhanam | pindadanavidhikathanadikam | pretaparvvatyadinirupanam | kurucecadhanavidhih | taca prayogadi- kathanaya | | | No. 2567. skandabrahmottarakhandam | Substance, country-made yellow paper, 13 x 4 inches. Folia, 100. Lines, 7 on a page. Extent, 2,685 Blokas Character, Bengali. Date, P Place of deposit, Bahrampur, Babu Radhikaprasada Sen; another copy at Jhanjhapura, Post Madhaipura, Zila Darbhanga, Pandit Ganesadatta Misra. Date, Sx. 1720. Appearance, new. Verse. Skanda-purana. One of the 18 great Puranas. The codex contains only the second part of the Brahma Khanda of that work. The part comprises 20 chapters devoted to the praise of the worship of Siva, and descriptions of celebrated lingams in different parts of India. Many legends are given in connexion with the history of these lingams. om namah sivaya | Beginning. jyotimacasvarupaya nirmala jnanarupine | namah sivaya nityaya namaste gantattaye srirsaya ucuh | yakhyatam bhavata suta visno mahatmamuttamam | samastaghaharam pusyam samasena srutacca nah || idanim srotumicchami mahatma vipuradvisah | tadbhatanaca mahatmamasesaghadara param | tanmantranam tadudrasanam satyajayasa saksama || tatkathayasca tadbhakteh prabhavamanuvarnaya | SSL