Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100
वाराहकल्पे विप्रेन्द्रास्तेषां भेदः प्रवर्तते । अष्टादशप्रकारेण ब्रह्माण्डं भिन्नमेव हि
vārāhakalpe viprendrāsteṣāṃ bhedaḥ pravartate | aṣṭādaśaprakāreṇa brahmāṇḍaṃ bhinnameva hi
হে বিপ্ৰেন্দ্ৰ, বাৰাহ কল্পত তেওঁলোকৰ বিভাগ প্ৰৱৰ্তিত হয়; নিশ্চয় ব্ৰহ্মাণ্ড পুৰাণ অষ্টাদশ প্ৰকাৰত বিভক্ত হৈ আছে।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: viprendra brāhmaṇas (as addressed)
Scene: A teacher addresses ‘viprendra’ brāhmaṇas; behind them a symbolic Varāha (boar incarnation) motif and a wheel of time; a manuscript labeled ‘Brahmāṇḍa’ shown with multiple segmented bundles (18).
FAQs
Purāṇic tradition acknowledges multiple recensions across kalpas while maintaining continuity of dharma and sacred memory.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is about kalpa-based textual division.
None.