[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.2786 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2786 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2786 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2786](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2786) (iii) Skānda Purāṇa. This Purāṇa is narrated by Skanda. The theme is the slaughter of the demon Tārakāsura by Skanda (Subrahmanya). There is a great similarity between this Purāṇa and the Kumārasambhava of Kālidāsa. There are eightyfour thousand verses in this Purāṇa and giving this book as a gift is thought to be good. - [Previous: c8.2785](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2785) - [Next: c8.2787](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2787) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (2) - [Kumārasaṃbhava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.parinaya-kumara.kumarasambhava) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2786](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2786) · Pramāṇa