Skanda Purana – 2 Vaishnava Khanda – 5 Margasira Masa Mahatmya

Description

Skanda Purana is the largest purana with 81,000 slokas in it. It has seven khandas:

1. Maheswara Khanda: It contains Kedara Khanda, Kumarika Khanda, Arunachala Mahatya (Poorvardha and Uttarardha)

2. Vaishnava Khanda: It contains Venkatachala Mahatya, Purushottama (Puri Jagannatha) Mahatya, Badarikasrama Mahatya, Kartika Masa Mahatya, Margasira Masa Mahatya, Bhagavatha Mahtya, Vaisakha Masa Mahatya, Ayodhya Mahatya

3. Brahma Khanda: It contains: Sethu (Rameswara) Mahatya, Dharmaranya Khanda, Brahmanottara Khanda

4. Kasi Khanda: It contains: Purvardha and Uttarardha

5. Avanti Khanda: It contains: Avanti Kshetra Mahatya, 84 Linga Mahatya, Reva Khanda Mahatya

6. Nagara Khanda

7. Prabhasa Khanda: It contains Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatya, Vastrapadha Kshetra Mahatya, Aarbudha Khanda, Dwaraka Mahatya