Puruṣottamamāhātmya (Utkalakhaṇḍa) of Skandapurāṇa

This text is a part of Skandapurāṇa which is one of the 18 Mahāpurāṇas. The colophon mentions another name of Skandapurāṇa – Caturaśītisāhastrī (which has 84000 verses). This section Puruṣottamamāhātmya is divided into 50 chapters and is devoted to the eulogy of the Puruṣottamakṣetra (Puri area of Orissa), especially of Jagannātha of Puri. This section is also known as Utkalakhaṇḍa. Folio no. 172 is erroneously numbered as 171. Thus each folio after the first 171 bears one mark less than its original number. According to the colophon the original text is completed in 58 chapters, but in this manuscript those eight chapters are dropped. Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: 179 Folios; Complete MS.; Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 40X11 cm. Author: Vedavyāsa (according to the tradition). Date of original material: before 13th century.