Skandotsavavidhi
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE20004
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Kumāra, Utsava
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
aLakiya-sundaram
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_004297
Manuscript No.
RE20004c
Title Alternate Script
स्कन्दोत्सवविधि
Subject Description
Language
Script
Scribe
ALakiya-Sundaram
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Damaged
Folios in Text
36
Folio Range of Text
28a - 63b
Lines per Side
9 - 10
Folios in Bundle
63
Width
4 cm
Length
21.3 cm
Bundle No.
RE20004
Other Texts in Bundle
Miscellaneous Notes
Similar to Cat. no. 7.6. This text contains the procedure for the conduct of the festival for skanda. From the maṅgalaśloka, it appears that the procedure of the festival is the one followed in the temple at madurai. The text is having incomplete ending in the middle of the skandārcana
Manuscript Beginning
vighnadhvāndha(ta)divānāthaṃ viśvavyāpinam avyayam। vighnarājamahaṃ vande śrīmaddhālāsyavāsinam। vande 'saktidharaskandaṃ madhurāpurivāsinam। mahāvallīṃ devasenāṃ vande skandagaṇān api।
Manuscript Ending
oṃ bhuvaṅgāya namaḥ। oṃ pataṅgāya namaḥ। oṃ śaṅkhanidhaye namaḥ। nantaraṃ oṃ padmanidhaye namaḥ। sannidhau mayūrāya namaḥ। dvāra astraṃ vāstubrahmaṇe namaḥ। gaṇapatilakṣmīñ cābhyarcya madhye ṣaṇmukhaṃ sadyenāvāhya dakṣiṇavāme oṃ gajāya namaḥ॥
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
347.3
Key
manuscripts_004297
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Cite as
Skandotsavavidhi,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on November, 10th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/381446