2006-10-22 17:38:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Skanda Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas, a Hindu religious text, is the largest Purana, and is devoted mainly to the life and deed of Karthikeya (also called Skanda), a son of Shiva and Parvati. It also contains a number of legends about Shiva, and the holy places associated with him. The Puranas was recited by Skanda, and is available in distinct parts, sometimes fragmented too. It also describes the Shaiva tradition in Hemakuta region (near Vijayanagar) of Karnataka, Kashi part describes the Shaiva tradition of Varanasi, and the Utkal part states about Shaiva tradition of Orissa.
2006-10-22 20:26:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
This is a Tamasika Purana and 13th among the Mahapuranas. The Skanda Purana overlaps a number of stories of the Mahabharata, a number of stories are common in both. It has around 81,000 shlokas and is one of the longest Puranas
It is asscoiated with Skanda, the son of Shiva & Parvati and the general of the Gods. It has 7 main Khandas (sections)
(1) Maheshwara Khanda
(2) Vishnu Khanda
(3) Brahma Khanda
(4) Kashi Khanda
(5) Avanti Khanda
(6) Nagara Khanda
(7) Prabhasa Khanda
The Puranas are sacred Hindu texts that were composed many hundreds of years ago. The knowledge of the Puranas supplements the knowledge of the Vedas and the Upanishads. There are a number of Puranas, but 18 or 19 Mahapuranas (there is a dispute in one of the Puranas being a Mahapurana or not). The main confusion is about the fourth Purana - is it the Shiva Purana or the Vayu Purana? The other Puranas are known as Upapuranas.
The Purana definition of the Mahapurana is that it must exhibit five characteristics: _It must describe the original creation of the universe (sarga), the periodic destruction and recreation (pratisarga) , the different eras (manvantras), the histories of the solar dynasty (Surya vamsha) and the lunar dynasty (Chandra vamsha), and the royal genealogies (vamshanucharita).
In the strictest sense, only the Vishnu Puran conforms to the typology rigidly.
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2006-10-23 02:00:42 · answer #2 · answered by Starreply 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Skanda Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas, a Hindu religious text, is the largest Purana, and is devoted mainly to the life and deed of Karthikeya (also called Skanda), a son of Shiva and Parvati. It also contains a number of legends about Shiva, and the holy places associated with him. The Puranas was recited by Skanda, and is available in distinct parts, sometimes fragmented too. It also describes the Shaiva tradition in Hemakuta region (near Vijayanagar) of Karnataka, Kashi part describes the Shaiva tradition of Varanasi, and the Utkal part states about Shaiva tradition of Orissa.
See Kartikeya for details on Lord Kathikeya.
2006-10-23 01:36:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-23 01:31:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋