The Geography of the Puranas c6.63

c6.63

This Purāṇa, like the Skanda, is not available as such but is in the form of Khaṇḍas and Māhātmyas derived from it. The facility with which any tract may be attributed to the non-existent original, and the advantage that has been taken of its absence to compile a variety of unauthorised fragments, have given to the Brahmāṇḍa, Skanda and Padma Purāṇas a doubtful character. The geographical section of this Purāṇa appears to be a late copy (about 1030 A.D.) of the Vāyu with slight alterations and modifications introduced by the copyists.