स्कान्दं तु सप्तधा भिन्नं वेद व्यासेनधीमता । एकाशीतिसहस्राणि शतं चैकं तु संख्यया
skāndaṃ tu saptadhā bhinnaṃ veda vyāsenadhīmatā | ekāśītisahasrāṇi śataṃ caikaṃ tu saṃkhyayā
ஞானமிகு வியாசரின் அறிவுப்படி ஸ்கந்தப் புராணம் ஏழு பகுதிகளாகப் பிரிக்கப்பட்டது; எண்ணிக்கையில் அதில் எண்பத்தொன்று ஆயிரத்து நூறு ச்லோகங்கள் உள்ளன।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijāḥ / sages (implied audience of the māhātmya discourse)
Scene: Sage Vyāsa as the archetypal compiler, seated with palm-leaf manuscripts, enumerating the sevenfold division and the immense verse-count; a subtle backdrop suggests the coastal sanctity of Prabhāsa as the setting of the discourse.
The Skanda Purāṇa is presented as a carefully organized, authoritative repository of dharma and sacred geography, structured for transmission.
The immediate setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, but this verse specifically glorifies the Skanda Purāṇa’s structure rather than a single site.
None; it provides classification and enumeration of the Skanda Purāṇa.