Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
यत्राह नारदो धर्मान्बृहत्कल्पाश्रयांस्त्विह । पञ्चविंशत्सहस्राणि नारदीयं तदुच्यते
yatrāha nārado dharmānbṛhatkalpāśrayāṃstviha | pañcaviṃśatsahasrāṇi nāradīyaṃ taducyate
য’ত নাৰদে ইয়াত বৃহৎ-কল্পাশ্ৰিত ধৰ্মনীতি ব্যাখ্যা কৰিলে, তাক নাৰদীয় পুৰাণ বোলা হয়; ই পঞ্চবিংশতি সহস্ৰ (শ্লোক)যুক্ত।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nārada, vīṇā-bearing, seated among sages, expounding dharma; a banner-like colophon indicates ‘Nāradiya’ and its verse-count; Prabhāsa temple/coast hinted behind.
FAQs
Dharma is preserved and transmitted through authoritative Purāṇic teaching lineages, here linked to Nārada.
The passage belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, situating even textual cataloging within the sanctity of Prabhāsa.
None; the verse identifies the Nāradiya Purāṇa and its traditional extent.