पञ्चाङ्गानि पुराणस्य चाख्यानमितरत्स्मृतम् । सर्गश्च प्रतिसर्गश्च वंशो मन्वन्तराणि च । वंशानुवंशचरितं पुराणं पञ्चलक्षणम्
pañcāṅgāni purāṇasya cākhyānamitaratsmṛtam | sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca | vaṃśānuvaṃśacaritaṃ purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam
ਪੁਰਾਣ ਦੇ ਪੰਜ ਅੰਗ ਹਨ; ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਇਲਾਵਾ ਜੋ ਕੁਝ ਕਥਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਸਹਾਇਕ ਮੰਨੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ। ਸ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ, ਪ੍ਰਤਿਸ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ, ਵੰਸ਼, ਮਨਵੰਤਰ, ਅਤੇ ਵੰਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਵੰਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ-ਕਥਾ—ਇਹ ਪੁਰਾਣ ਦੇ ਪੰਜ ਲੱਛਣ ਹਨ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages (dvijas)
Scene: A schematic teaching scene: the narrator enumerates the five limbs of a Purāṇa, with symbolic panels showing creation, dissolution/re-creation, royal genealogies, Manus, and dynastic sub-stories.
It teaches how Purāṇas preserve sacred memory—cosmic origins and dharmic history—through a structured fivefold framework.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra frames the discourse, but this verse itself defines Purāṇic features rather than praising a particular tīrtha.
None; this is a technical definition of Purāṇic composition.