Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
पुराणमेकमेवासीत्तस्मिन्कल्पान्तरेतथा । त्रिवर्गसाधनं पुण्यं शतकोटिप्रविस्तरम्
purāṇamekamevāsīttasminkalpāntaretathā | trivargasādhanaṃ puṇyaṃ śatakoṭipravistaram
ആ പൂർവ കല്പാന്തരത്തിൽ പുരാണം സത്യത്തിൽ ഒന്നേയുണ്ടായിരുന്നു; അത് പുണ്യമയം, ത്രിവർഗസാധനം, ശതകോടിവിസ്താരമുള്ളതായിരുന്നു।
Sūta
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A single colossal manuscript or cosmic scroll unfurling across the sky, marked ‘Purāṇa’; three symbolic pillars labeled dharma, artha, kāma; sages appear tiny, emphasizing ‘śatakoṭi’ vastness.
FAQs
Purāṇic Dharma is presented as an all-encompassing guide for human flourishing (trivarga) and spiritual merit across cosmic ages.
None directly; the verse is cosmological and textual, within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative.
None; it describes the nature and scope of the primordial Purāṇa.