Skanda Purana · Chapter 2

atha vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe'ṣṭamamayodhyāmāhātmyam // ( २-८) //
१ sūtakṛtaṃ maṃgalārthaṃ vyāsādividvadvaryastavanam, sūtaśaunakasaṃvādaprasaṃgena nānādrumalatādiśobhitāyodhyāmāhātmyavarṇanam, agastimunerayodhyāgamanam, ayodhyāprabhāvadarśanenāgastyasyānandaprāptivarṇanam, triguṇatrisvarūpasthitāyodhyāvarṇanenāyodhyāśabdasya vyutpattyarthakathanam, ayodhyāyāmagastivyāsasaṃvādapūrvakaṃ viṣṇuśarmakṛta pañcāgnisādhanavarṇanam, viṣṇuśarmaṇā bhagavatstotrakaraṇam, viṣṇuśarmaṇo bhamavaddarśanam, bhagavatā viṣṇuśarmaṇe varapradānam, tasminneva sthale bhagavatā svacakreṇa jalapravāhānayanam, cakratīrtheti nāmnā tattīrthasya prasiddhivarṇanam, viṣṇunāmapūrvakaviṣṇuharītimūrtisthāpanam, viṣṇuharimāhātmyavarṇanam २७४

२ brahmaṇo'yodhyāyāmāgamanam, yātrādikaṃ vidhāya yajñakaraṇam, svanāmnā brahmakuṇḍasthāpanam, vrahmadevena brahmakuṇḍamāhātmyavarṇanam, sarayūtīrastharṇamocanatīrthamāhātmyam, lomaśena pāpamocanatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, agastyena sahasradhārāmāhātmyavarṇanam......... ...... २७६

३ agastyena svargadvāratīrthamāhātmyakathanam, muktidvāratīrthamāhātmyam, caṃdraharivratodyāpanavidhikathanam, candrasahasravratodyāpanamāhātmyakathanam. .. २७८

४ dharmaharimāhātmyam, tatra dharmarājakṛtanartanaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagavata āgamanam, dharmeṇa bhagavatstutikaraṇam, bhagavatā dharmarājāya varapradānam, raghusaṃjñakena rājñā digvijayaṃ kṛtvā sūryājñayā kṛtasya sarvasvadakṣiṇanāmakasya yajñasya parisamāpteranaṃtaraṃ kautsaṛṣerāgamanam, svapūjanārthamānītaṃ saṃbhāraṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitena kautsarṣiṇā dhanābhāvāddātraṃtaraṃ prati gantuṃ svecchāprakaṭanam, kautsāya dravyaṃ dātuṃ kauberīṃ saṃpattimādātuṃ kuberajigīṣayā raghoḥ prasthānam, raghubhiyā kubereṇa dravyavṛṣṭikaraṇam, kautsāya raghuṇā sarvadravyadānavarṇanam, kautsena raghurājāyāśīrvādadānavarṇanam, kautsasya svāśramagamanam, svarṇakhanimāhātmyavarṇanam ... २७९

५ kautsavṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra viśvāmitrasya tapaścaryāṃ śrutvā taddarśanārthaṃ durvāsasa āgamanam, durvāsaḥkṛtāṃ bhojanayāñcāṃ śrutvā biśvāmitradattasya pāyasādikasya varṇanam, kautsāya caturdaśakoṭisuvarṇātmakagurudakṣiṇādānāyājñākaraṇam, tilodakītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. .... ... २८१

६ sītākuṇḍamāhātmyavarṇanam, devāsurayuddhe'surairdevaparājaye kṛte devairbhagavatstutikaraṇam, devastutiṃ śrutvā bhagavadāvirbhāvaḥ, bhagavadvacanādguptarītyā devānā-
mayodhyāgamanam, guptaharītināmnā tattīrthaprasiddhivarṇanam, guptaharimāhātmyam, cakraharipīṭhe dānamāhātmyam, sarayūghargharānadyoḥ saṃgame snānamāhatmyam, gopratāratīrthamāhātmyam, rāmacandrasya svadhāmagamanasamaye vānarebhyo varapradānavarṇanam, rāmacandrasya mārge sarayūdarśanama, sarvadevānāṃ tatrāgamanam devai rāmacandrasya stotrakaraṇam, rāmacandreṇa saha devānāṃ svargagamanam, svargadvāragopratāratīrthasnānadānādimāhātmyam -.. .. २८१

७ kṣārodakatīrthamāhātmyam, tatra putraprāptyarthaṃ daśarathakṛtasya putrakāmeṣṭiyajñasya varṇanam, dhanayakṣatīrthamāhātmyam, viśvāmitravacanādyakṣasya dhanayakṣatīrthasnānena durgaṃdhitasyāṃgasya sugaṃdhitvaprāptivarṇanam, viśvāmitreṇa yakṣaṃ prati kathitasya nidhilakṣmīpūjanavidhānasya varṇanam, vasiṣṭhakuṃḍamāhātmyam, catuḥṣaṣṭiyoginīpūjanamāhātmyam, yoginīkuṇḍasnānamāhātmyam, urvaśīkuṇḍamāhātmyam, ghoṣarājñā''dityastutikaraṇam, ghoṣārkakuṇḍamāhātmyam, rukmiṇīkuṇḍabṛhaspatikuṇḍasāgarakuṇḍamāhātmyam. ... २८६

८ ratikuṇḍamāhātmyam, kusumāyudhakuṇḍamāhātmyam, ratikaṃdarpapūjāvidhikathanam, maṃtreśvarakṣetramāhātmyam, mahāratnatīrthamāhātmyam, durbharākhyatīrthamāhātmyam, mahābharatīrthamāhātmyam, mahāvidyātīrthamāhātmyam, siddhapīṭhatīrthamāhātmyam, dugdheśvaramāhātmyam, hanumatkuṇḍamāhātmyam ,vasiṣṭharāmasaṃvādaprasaṃgenāyodhyāmāhātmyavarṇanam, kṣīreśvaramāhātmyam, sītākuṇḍamāhātmyam, sugrīvatīrthamāhātmyam, vibhīṣaṇasaromāhātmyam, ayodhyāyātrāvidhikramavarṇanam २८९

९ gayākūpamāhātmyam, piśācamocanatīrthamāhātmyam, māṇḍavyatīrthamāhātmyama, bharatakuṇḍamāhātmyam, mānasatīrthamāhātmyam, gautamyādyāśramavarṇanam, sītākuṇḍa dugdheśvaramāhātmyam, bhairavakuṇḍamāhātmyama, jaṭākuṇḍamāhātmyam..... २९१

१० mattagajendrasthānamāhātmyavarṇanam, ayodhyāyātrāvidhikramavarṇanam, sarayūvarṇanam, vighneśvarasthānamāhātmyam, rāmajanmasthānamāhātmyam, ayodhyāmāhātmyaśravaṇaphalama........... -.. २९२

iti vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe'ṣṭamamayodhyāmāhātmyam // ( २-- ८) //