Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
ताः सर्वास्तु प्रकृतयो मम देहांशसंभवाः । नारद त्वं विजानीहि तासां नामानि वच्मि ते
tāḥ sarvāstu prakṛtayo mama dehāṃśasaṃbhavāḥ | nārada tvaṃ vijānīhi tāsāṃ nāmāni vacmi te
সেই সকল প্রকৃতিই আমার দেহাংশ থেকে উৎপন্ন। হে নারদ, তুমি এটি ভালোভাবে জেনে রাখো; এখন আমি তোমাকে তাদের নাম বলছি।
Brahmā (deduced from the Nārada-address and varṇa-dharma exposition style)
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A revelation scene: the speaker (divine/authoritative) tells Nārada that various prakṛtis arise from his own body-parts and promises to enumerate their names; Nārada listens with folded hands and vīṇā nearby.
FAQs
All roles and dispositions are ultimately rooted in the divine source; dharma is to be understood as sacred order, not mere social habit.
This verse functions as doctrinal framing within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it introduces a forthcoming enumeration/teaching.
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