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य इदं परमाख्यानं श्रावयेद्दिजसन्निधौ । सद्भक्तया जैमिने तस्य पापं नश्यति तत्क्षणात् ॥ अप्यनेकशतं कोटिजन्मान्तरसुसश्चितम् ।
एतदाकर्ण्य सन्त्यज्य पापं मोक्षमवाप्नुयात् ॥ Colophon:
इति श्रीमहाभागवते महापुराणे प्रथमखण्डसमाप्तिर्नाम एकाशीतितमोऽध्यायः ॥
समाप्तोऽयं प्रथमखण्डः ॥
No. 2129. पाद्मपुराणम्.
PADMAPURĀNAM. Substance, paper. Sizs, 12 X 9} and 113 x 9.4 inches. Pages, 978.
Lines. 25 on a page, Character, Grantha. Condition, good. Appearance, new. Bound in 3 volumes.
Volume I contains Adhyāyas 1 to 39 in the Pauşkarakhanda, the 40th being incomplete. ___Volume II contains Adhyayas 40 to 81 in the Pauskarakhanda, and Adhyayas 1 to 13 in the Bhumikhanda, the 14th being in. complete.
Volume III contains Adhyâyas 14 to 118 in the Bhūmikhanda.
This is a Mahapurāņa printed in the Anandāśrama Sanskrit Series. In this publication there are 6 Khandas named as आदि, भूमि, ब्रह्म, पाताल, सृष्टि and उत्तर. 'The Pauskarakhanda is found to be the same as the Srstikhanda. The last Adhyāya of the Bhūmnikhanda, however, states that there are only 5 Khandas, viz., साष्ट, भूमि, स्वर्ग, पाताल and उत्तर. Beginning :
स्वच्छं चन्द्रावदातं करिकरमकरक्षोभसञ्जातफेनं ब्र(झो)तिप्रसक्तैर्वतनियमपरैस्सेवितं विप्रमुख्यैः ।
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