Shloka 3
सामवेद–अथर्ववेदशाखाः, पुराणसंहिता, अष्टादशपुराणानि, विद्यास्थानानि
Sāma/Atharvan branches, Purāṇa compendium, 18 Purāṇas, knowledge taxonomy
साहस्रं संहिताभेदं सुकर्मा तत्सुतस् ततः चकार तं च तच्छिष्यौ जगृहाते महाव्रतौ
sāhasraṃ saṃhitābhedaṃ sukarmā tatsutas tataḥ cakāra taṃ ca tacchiṣyau jagṛhāte mahāvratau
फिर सुकर्मा के पुत्र ने संहिता के सहस्र भेद किए। और उसके दो महाव्रती शिष्यों ने उस परंपरा को ग्रहण कर सुरक्षित रखा।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It highlights how Vedic knowledge was systematized into many recensions to ensure accurate preservation and wide transmission across regions and lineages.
Through an explicit teacher-to-student chain: a successor composes/organizes the recensions, and vowed disciples receive them—showing preservation through paramparā rather than private authorship.
Even in a verse about Vedic transmission, the Purana’s frame implies that the stability of śruti and dharma ultimately rests on Vishnu’s sovereignty as the sustainer of universal order.