Description
The Ekamra Purana tries to highlight the Ekamra
Kshetra, a well-known Shaiva Kshetra of Orissa
together with the historical, cultural and religious
traditions prevailing place of their origin. Though it is included in the
group of four Sanskrit texts which praise the Ekamra Kshetra, it appears
to be far the oldest and the best and is voluminous In size. It consists of
70 Adhyayas and claims to have six thousand verses. The work is
divided into five Amshas or parts; and the Amshas consists of 10, 22, 14,
16 and 8 Adhyayas respectively. It is a Shivaite text and puts Shiva in
superior position to Brahma, Vishnu and other gods. In the usual pattern
of the Puranas it opens with an account of the origin of the universe as
well as of Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra from Shiva after the description of
Mahapralaya or great dissolution and the cosmography in the first part.
In subsequent parts it professes to deal with the origin and history of the
notable temples in the Ekamra Kshetra at Bhubaneswaqr along with
other matters as the rituals, festivals and the merits that accrue from the
worship or the particular deities. The work informs about the number of
temples existed at the time of its composition. Some of the Adhyayas
have been devised to serve as Pilgrims guide for various purposes.
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