The largest Mahapurana, Skanda Purana of Shaiva sect in Kedara Khanda 1 says: अष्टादशपुराणेषु दशभिर्गीयते शिवः। चतुर्भिर्भगवान् ब्रह्मा द्वाभ्यां देवी तथा हरिः॥ or ‘अठारह पुराणों में दस में शिव-स्तुति है, चार में ब्रह्मा की और दो में देवी तथा हरि की है।’ Which means out of the 18 Mahapuranas t...

Namaskar to all saintly ladies and gentelmen, I'm looking for the evidence silokas to prove that Adi Shankara is incarnation of Lord Shiva except Padma Purana 6.236.7-11. Thank you (^_^)v

Am looking for dhyan of laghu shodashi mantra. Cant find in texts i have. Please help

Namaskar to all saintly ladies and gentlemen, I need the exact silokas and verse numbers from vedas to prove that Lord Buddha is the incarnation of Sri Hari except Srimad Bhagavatam. Thank you (^_^)v

Many years ago (mid 60s) the sahitya syllabus of the pramana patriya course at the Sanskrit University in Benaras included the Moolaramayanam. A very slim volume which summarised the whole epic in a small number of slokas (100 or 200 or so I can't remember). Where can I obtain a copy of this? I ...

I am born a saryiparin Brahmin in Uttar Pradesh, India. Although raised religiously, i started rebelling against God in my teenage and started questioning the why, how, when, what. My father comes from a poor family and he had to struggle a lot in life, financially, professionally, socially to gi...