of nine sections: (40 chapters, Tirupati Tirtha region, south India) (49 chapters, Puri Odisha Tirtha region, east India) (8 chapters, Badrinath Tirtha region, north India) (36 chapters) 17 chapters, Mathura Tirtha region) (4 chapters) (25 chapters) (10 chapters, Ayodhya Tirtha region) and (32 chapters) The has three sections (four in some manuscripts): (52 chapters, Rama Setu Tirtha region, Tamil Nadu and towards Sri Lanka) (40 chapters) and or (22 chapters) The (100 chapters, Varanasi and Vindya Tirtha region) is divided into two parts: (50 chapters) and (50 chapters) The consists of: (71 chapters, Ujjain Tirtha region) (84 chapters) and (Thought to have 232 chapters, Juergen Neuss states that the manuscripts attest this is actually the original Reva Khanda of Vayu Purana which was wrongly included in the Skanda Purana by Veṅkateśvara Steam Press in 1910 and all publications of the Skanda after it. The one belonging to the Skanda has 116 chapters.) The (279 chapters) consists of (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra or Vadnagar region). The (491 chapters) consists of four sections: (365 chapters, Saurashtra and Somanatha Tirtha region, west India) (19 chapters, Girnar Tirtha region) (63 chapters, Aravalli Range Rajasthan Tirtha region) and (44 chapters, Dwarka Gujarat Tirtha region) The six samhitas The second type of division of the Skanda Purana is found in some texts like of the or the , of the , of the and of the . According to these texts, the Skanda Purana consists of six s (sections): the the the the the and the The manuscripts of the , the , the and the are extant. A manuscript of a commentary on the by is also available. These texts discuss cosmogony, theology, philosophical questions on virtues and vice, questions such as what is evil, the origin of evil, how to deal with and cure evil. The other texts The manuscripts of several other texts which claim to be part of the Skanda Purāṇa are found partially or wholly. Some of the notable regional texts amongst these are: which contains Nepalamahatmya (30 chapters, Nepal Tirtha region), , , , , , and . Kaverimahatmya presents stories and a pilgrim guide for the Kaveri river (Karnataka) and Coorg Tirtha region. Vivsamitrimahatmya presents mythology and a guide for the Vadodara Tirtha region. The oldest known 1st-millennium palm-leaf manuscripts of this text mention many major Hindu pilgrimage sites, but do not describe Kailash-Manasarovar. The later versions do, particularly in Manasakhanda. The