Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83
एवमादित्यसंज्ञं तु तत्रैव परिपठ्यते । अष्टादशभ्यस्तु पृथक्पुराणं यच्च दृश्यते । विजानीध्वं द्विजश्रेष्ठास्तदेतेभ्यो विनिर्गतम्
evamādityasaṃjñaṃ tu tatraiva paripaṭhyate | aṣṭādaśabhyastu pṛthakpurāṇaṃ yacca dṛśyate | vijānīdhvaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhāstadetebhyo vinirgatam
Demikianlah yang bernama ‘Āditya’ dilantunkan di sana juga. Dan apa pun Purāṇa yang tampak terpisah dari delapan belas itu—ketahuilah, wahai yang utama di antara para dvija—bahwa ia pun bersumber dari kedelapan belas itu saja.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇa-definitional discourse style within Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ (best of twice-born)
Scene: A learned narrator in Prabhāsa explains to eminent brāhmaṇas that the Āditya-recitation belongs to the same Purāṇic stream, and that any extra Purāṇa arises from the eighteen.
FAQs
It affirms the canonical authority of the eighteen Purāṇas and teaches that other Purāṇic texts are ultimately rooted in them.
The broader setting is Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya), though this verse focuses on Purāṇic classification rather than a single shrine.
None explicitly; the verse is doctrinal, emphasizing textual lineage and scriptural grounding.