Skandapurana 1.3.35.46_2

1.3.35.46_2

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kedārakhaṇḍe purāṇaprastāvadakṣavṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 1 .. cha ..

Thus ends the first chapter named 'Description of Dakṣa's Story and the Proposal of the Purāṇa,' in the Kedārakhaṇḍa of the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].