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गुजरातमांथी लुप्त थयेली स्कंद-पूजानो एक अवशेष

A surviving trace of the Skanda worship that has died out in Gujarat

नरोत्तम पलाणसंबोधि1975pp. 9–13

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दक्षिण - भारतमां आजे प्रचलित स्कन्द-पूजा शैवमतनी एक शाखा मनाय छे पण स्कन्द- पूजानो इतिहास एनाथी भिन्न अने रसिक छे. शैवमतना वटवृक्षमां एक शाखा मनाती स्कन्द-पूजा, शैवमतमांथी ऊगी नीकळेली नथी पण शैवमत साथे कलम स्कन्द-पूजा एना मूळमां शव नथो तेम स्कन्द, शिवपार्वतीना पुत्र पण थयेला देवताओना क्रमशः विकासमां स्कन्द पण धीरे धीरे आगळ आवी शैव

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पलाण गुजरात में स्कन्द-पूजा का इतिहास खोजते हैं। अथर्ववेद और सुश्रुत में स्कन्द बालग्रह था, बाद में शैव परम्परा में शिव-पार्वती का पुत्र बना। ढांक, वडनगर, मोढेरा तथा राजकोट की प्रतिमाएँ उसकी व्यापकता दिखाती हैं; वैष्णव प्रभाव और स्त्रियों के दर्शन-निषेध से यह पूजा लुप्त हुई। Palan traces the Skanda cult in Gujarat. Originally a malignant child-seizing graha of the Atharvaveda and Susruta, Skanda was absorbed into Saivism as Siva's son. Surviving images at Dhank, Vadnagar, Modhera and Rajkot show the worship was once widespread; Vaisnava spread and a taboo on women's darsana ended it.

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Hindi title: गुजरातमांथी लुप्त थयेली स्कंद-पूजानो एक अवशेष
English title: A surviving trace of the Skanda worship that has died out in Gujarat
Diacritical (IAST): Not yet transliterated
Language: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી)
Author: नरोत्तम पलाण
Translator: Original — no translation
Tīkākāra (commentator): Not applicable

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नरोत्तम पलाण. “A surviving trace of the Skanda worship that has died out in Gujarat.” Saṃbodhi, vol. 4, no. 1, 1975, pp. 9–13.

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