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Vais’vatmyarahasya, consisting of 132-134 Adhyayas of the Nirvanakhanda of the Skanda Parana, describes the greatness of Rama who assumes a gigantic form ( Vis'varupa ) after his return to Ayodhya. The Adhyayas contain respectively 120, 99 and 111 s'lokas Fearing the distruction of the world, the gods, headed by Indra, go to Brahma, Siva. and Visnu in succession (8-11); next, all go to Rama and try to appease him (15-30); the attempt is fruitless; S’iva, then, in a long hymn praises Rama, who is at last appeased and
gives a boon to S’iva ( 31.120 ).The next Adhyaya contains a hymn by Visnu and Rama’s reply to it. The last Adhyaya contains hymns by Brahma (1-36), by Valakhilyas ( 38-58 ) and by Indra ( 59-88 ).Then follows the conclusion. |