Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
मानवस्य प्रसंगेन धन्यस्य मुनिसत्तमाः । चतुर्विंशत्सहस्राणि तत्पुराणमिहोच्यते
mānavasya prasaṃgena dhanyasya munisattamāḥ | caturviṃśatsahasrāṇi tatpurāṇamihocyate
ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ, ധന്യമായ മാനവ (മനു-ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട) പ്രസംഗത്തിന്റെ സന്ദർഭത്തിൽ, ആ പുരാണം ഇവിടെ ചതുര്വിംശതി സഹസ്ര (ശ്ലോകങ്ങൾ) ഉള്ളതെന്ന് പറയുന്നു।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: munisattamāḥ / sages
Scene: Sages in assembly hear a calm enumeration: a Purāṇa connected with Manu is said to be twenty-four thousand verses; a manuscript stack and counting beads symbolize textual measure.
FAQs
Purāṇas preserve dharma through structured traditions—here linked to Manu—showing continuity of sacred law and narrative.
The broader frame is Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, where scriptural references support the kṣetra’s religious authority.
None; it provides a classificatory note about a Purāṇa connected with the Mānavā tradition.