Script: Devanagari Handwriting
Notes/Description: Asadhamahatmya, explaining the importance of a bath in the river Yamuna, in the month of Asadha, is from the Skanda Purana. It contains six Adhyayas having 60, 100, 104, 228 and 167 s’lokas respectively. In the Second Adhyaya, the story of a merchant is told, who had adopted Jainism, but who was subsequently induced to give it up, being struck by the greatness of Yamuna, who saved him from danger.
Source: Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Pages/Folios: Folios: 34 , Lines: 10 , Folio Size in Inches: 12.5 x 4.25
Identifier: MS_00000896
Digitization Sponsor: Government of Maharashtra
Original Source: Item 17030
Language title : आषाढमाहात्म्य. ( from स्कन्दपुराण. )
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