Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

भविष्याणां च कल्पानां श्रूयते यत्र विस्तरः । तद्ब्रह्माण्डं पुराणं तु ब्रह्मणा समुदाहृतम्

Transliteration

bhaviṣyāṇāṃ ca kalpānāṃ śrūyate yatra vistaraḥ | tadbrahmāṇḍaṃ purāṇaṃ tu brahmaṇā samudāhṛtam

Translation

जिसमें भविष्य के कल्पों का विस्तृत वर्णन सुना जाता है, वही ब्रह्माण्ड पुराण है, जिसे स्वयं ब्रह्मा ने कहा है।

Word by Word

• भविष्याणाम्: of future
• भविष्याणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भविष्यत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective) ‘कल्पानाम्’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• कल्पानाम्: of aeons/cycles
• कल्पानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• श्रूयते: is heard/is known
• श्रूयते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: ‘is heard/known’)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• विस्तरः: detail/expansion
• विस्तरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्-ब्रह्माण्डम्: that Brahmāṇḍa (Purāṇa)
• तत्-ब्रह्माण्डम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुराणम्: the Purāṇa
• पुराणम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); अप्पोजिशन (in apposition)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed)

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• समुदाहृतम्: was proclaimed/uttered
• समुदाहृतम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-आ√हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: Brahmā proclaiming a Purāṇa while sages listen; behind them, symbolic wheels of time (kalpas), cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa), and layered worlds suggest future cycles.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• kalpa
• Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas are differentiated by their doctrinal scope; cosmological teaching about kalpas is treated as a sacred, authoritative inheritance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, but this verse is primarily a definitional marker for the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it defines the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa by its content and speaker.