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Skanda Pur膩峁嘺 :
The Skanda Pur膩峁嘺 is voluminous work consisting of a very large
number of parts. Though like the other Pur膩峁嘺s, the Skanda
Pur膩峁嘺 also was subjected to additions and alterations more than
once.
The Skanda Pur膩峁嘺 does not contain dynastic list, yet it is an
important source of Ancient Indian History and Chronology. It refers
to some important remarkable personalities as well as few famous
epochs of Indian History. This Pur膩峁嘺 throws an interesting as well
as important light on the history of the south, extending beyond the
Vindhy膩s upto Simhala as is evidenced by the graphic account of
southern Indian. It supplies valuable information on the science of
Government, variously styled Da峁囜笉an墨ti, R膩jadharma, R膩jan墨ti,
N墨ti艣膩stra, Mantra 艣膩stra etc.
The Skanda Pur膩峁嘺 is divided into six Samhit膩s and fifty
kha峁囜笉as. The division and sub-divisions of this Pur膩峁嘺 show that
the Pur膩峁嘺 grew up into a huge bulk with addition of parts which
could never come from the same hand or belong to the same age.
During the epic and Pur膩峁噄c periods, the Skanda Pur膩峁嘺 was
highly popular and favourite. And Skanda was very favourite deity
whom pur膩峁噄c poets regarded not only as a god of war but also a god
of wisdom. The fact that a voluminous and important Pur膩峁嘺 came
to be named after him indirectly testifies to his immense popularity.
In size, Skanda Pur膩峁嘺 is second only to the Mah膩bh膩rata.