Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
Devanagari script
अष्टादशसहस्राणि पुराणं तत्प्रकीर्तितम्
Transliteration
aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi purāṇaṃ tatprakīrtitam
Translation
ആ പുരാണം അഷ്ടാദശ സഹസ്രം (ശ്ലോകങ്ങൾ) ഉള്ളതെന്ന് പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു.
Word by Word
अष्टादशसहस्राणिeighteen thousand (verses)
अष्टादशसहस्राणि:
Karta (Subject/measure)
TypeNoun
Rootअष्टादश + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (numeral compound) ‘अष्टादश सहस्राणि’ = eighteen thousands
पुराणम्the Purāṇa
पुराणम्:
Karta (Subject/what is described)
TypeNoun
Rootपुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Determiner)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संकेतक
प्रकीर्तितम्is proclaimed/declared
प्रकीर्तितम्:
Kriyā (Predicative participle)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + √कीर्त् (धातु)
Formकर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘has been proclaimed/declared’
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A scribe or reciter points to a colophon stating the verse-count; stacks of manuscripts and a counting rosary/marker beside him, conveying calm scholastic order.
FAQs
It underscores reverence for Purāṇic scripture by formally proclaiming its recognized extent and authority.
The surrounding discourse is the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, so the statement supports Prabhāsa’s scriptural glorification.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a doctrinal/textual statement about the Purāṇa’s extent.