Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
श्रुतकल्पप्रसङ्गेन धर्मान्वायुरथाब्रवीत् । यत्र तद्वायवीयं स्याद्रुद्रमाहात्म्यसंयुतम्
śrutakalpaprasaṅgena dharmānvāyurathābravīt | yatra tadvāyavīyaṃ syādrudramāhātmyasaṃyutam
শ্রুতকল্পের প্রসঙ্গে বায়ু তখন ধর্মতত্ত্ব উপদেশ দিলেন। যে গ্রন্থে রুদ্র-মাহাত্ম্যের সঙ্গে যুক্ত এই বর্ণনা আছে, সেই গ্রন্থই ‘বায়বীয়’ (পুরাণ) নামে প্রসিদ্ধ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) — deduced (identifying Purāṇas by speakers and themes)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-oriented interlocutors/ṛṣis (contextual)
Scene: A sage-assembly at Prabhāsa: Vāyu as a divine speaker expounds dharma, while Rudra’s greatness is invoked; palm-leaf manuscripts and attentive ṛṣis frame the scene.
FAQs
Purāṇas preserve dharma through divinely transmitted teachings, and Rudra’s glory is upheld as a central source of sanctifying power.
The verse occurs within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya narration, though it primarily explains the identity of the Vāyavīya Purāṇa.
No direct ritual is prescribed; it describes the Vāyavīya Purāṇa as containing dharma teachings and Rudra-māhātmya.