Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
प्रवृत्तिः सर्वशास्त्राणां पुराणस्याभवत्ततः
Transliteration
pravṛttiḥ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ purāṇasyābhavattataḥ
Translation
De là naquit la diffusion de tous les śāstra, ainsi que de la tradition des Purāṇa.
Word by Word
प्रवृत्तिःorigin; commencement; activity
प्रवृत्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpravṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
सर्वशास्त्राणाम्of all scriptures
सर्वशास्त्राणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (सर्व, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (शास्त्र, प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
पुराणस्यof the Purāṇa
पुराणस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpurāṇa (पुराण, प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
अभवत्arose; came to be
अभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (भू, धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
ततःthereupon; from that (cause)
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (ततः, अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable), अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (contextual attribution)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A symbolic ‘river’ of teachings flows from a luminous source into many streams labeled as śāstras and Purāṇas, reaching sages, kings, and pilgrims across ages.
Characters & Entities
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Purāṇa (as a corpus)Ś
Śāstra (as a corpus)FAQs
Dharma is upheld when knowledge is transmitted and actively taught; revelation becomes living tradition through propagation.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the narrative setting, but this line is a general statement on the rise of the Purāṇic-śāstric tradition.
None.