Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
Devanagari script
वेदोपवेदवेदाङ्गादीन्यभिव्यस्य पूरितः । अष्टादशपुराणानां वक्ता सत्यवतीसुतः
Transliteration
vedopavedavedāṅgādīnyabhivyasya pūritaḥ | aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ vaktā satyavatīsutaḥ
Translation
वेदोपवेदवेदाङ्गादीन्यभिव्यस्य पूरितः। अष्टादशपुराणानां वक्ता सत्यवतीसुतः॥
Word by Word
veda-upaveda-vedāṅga-ādīnithe Vedas, Upavedas, Vedāṅgas, etc.
veda-upaveda-vedāṅga-ādīni:
Karma (Object/कर्म) — of abhivyasya
TypeNoun
Rootveda (प्रातिपदिक) + upaveda (प्रातिपदिक) + vedāṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः/समुच्चयः (‘वेदाः उपवेदाः वेदाङ्गानि च आदीनि च’)
abhivyasyahaving expounded/arranged
abhivyasya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi-√vyas (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having arranged/expounded’
pūritaḥfilled / fully endowed
pūritaḥ:
Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेष)
TypeAdjective
Root√pṝ (धातु) → pūrita (कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; predicate of subject (vaktā/satyavatīsutaḥ)
aṣṭādaśa-purāṇānāmof the eighteen Purāṇas
aṣṭādaśa-purāṇānām:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootaṣṭādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (‘अष्टादश’ + ‘पुराण’)
vaktāspeaker/reciter
vaktā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvac (धातु) → vaktṛ (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; agent-noun (तृन्/तृच्-प्रत्यय)
satyavatī-sutaḥson of Satyavatī (Vyāsa)
satyavatī-sutaḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsatyavatī (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘सत्यवत्याः सुतः’)
Speaker
Sūta (contextual continuation of ‘Sūta uvāca’)
Characters & Entities
V
Vyāsa (Satyavatī-suta)V
VedaU
UpavedaV
VedāṅgaP
PurāṇaFAQs
Purāṇas stand within a continuous sacred lineage; their teachings on dharma and tīrthas are grounded in the Vedic tradition through Vyāsa.
No single site is named; the verse establishes scriptural authority for the forthcoming Revā tīrtha narration.
None; it is a statement of textual lineage and authority.
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