तच्च द्वादशसाहस्रं शतमष्टसमन्वितम् । तथैवोपपुराणानि यानि चोक्तानि वेधसा
tacca dvādaśasāhasraṃ śatamaṣṭasamanvitam | tathaivopapurāṇāni yāni coktāni vedhasā
Et ce (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa) comprend douze mille (vers), avec cent huit en sus ; de même (il y a) les Upapurāṇa également énoncés par le Créateur, Brahmā.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Scene: Brahmā (Vedhas) as cosmic author, with a sage receiving a bundle of Upapurāṇa manuscripts; a subtle numeric motif (12,108) appears as decorative script bands.
It affirms Brahmā as a fountainhead of scriptural revelation and frames Upapurāṇas as part of an authoritative sacred corpus.
No specific site is named; the focus is on textual tradition.
None; the verse discusses scripture counts and origin, not ritual acts.