Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
Devanagari script
अष्टादशसहस्राणि पुराणं तत्प्रकीर्तितम्
Transliteration
aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi purāṇaṃ tatprakīrtitam
Translation
Es wird verkündet, dass dieses Purāṇa aus achtzehntausend (18.000) Versen besteht.
Word by Word
अष्टादशसहस्राणिeighteen thousand (verses)
अष्टादशसहस्राणि:
Karta (Subject/measure)
TypeNoun
Rootअष्टादश + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (numeral compound) ‘अष्टादश सहस्राणि’ = eighteen thousands
पुराणम्the Purāṇa
पुराणम्:
Karta (Subject/what is described)
TypeNoun
Rootपुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Determiner)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संकेतक
प्रकीर्तितम्is proclaimed/declared
प्रकीर्तितम्:
Kriyā (Predicative participle)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + √कीर्त् (धातु)
Formकर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘has been proclaimed/declared’
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A scribe or reciter points to a colophon stating the verse-count; stacks of manuscripts and a counting rosary/marker beside him, conveying calm scholastic order.
FAQs
It underscores reverence for Purāṇic scripture by formally proclaiming its recognized extent and authority.
The surrounding discourse is the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, so the statement supports Prabhāsa’s scriptural glorification.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a doctrinal/textual statement about the Purāṇa’s extent.