Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
प्रवृत्तिः सर्वशास्त्राणां पुराणस्याभवत्ततः
Transliteration
pravṛttiḥ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ purāṇasyābhavattataḥ
Translation
அதன்பின் அங்கிருந்தே எல்லா சாஸ்திரங்களின் பரவல் தோன்றியது; புராணப் பரம்பரையும் உலகில் விரிந்தது।
Word by Word
प्रवृत्तिःorigin; commencement; activity
प्रवृत्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpravṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
सर्वशास्त्राणाम्of all scriptures
सर्वशास्त्राणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (सर्व, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (शास्त्र, प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
पुराणस्यof the Purāṇa
पुराणस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpurāṇa (पुराण, प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
अभवत्arose; came to be
अभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (भू, धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
ततःthereupon; from that (cause)
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (ततः, अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable), अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (contextual attribution)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A symbolic ‘river’ of teachings flows from a luminous source into many streams labeled as śāstras and Purāṇas, reaching sages, kings, and pilgrims across ages.
Characters & Entities
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Purāṇa (as a corpus)Ś
Śāstra (as a corpus)FAQs
Dharma is upheld when knowledge is transmitted and actively taught; revelation becomes living tradition through propagation.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the narrative setting, but this line is a general statement on the rise of the Purāṇic-śāstric tradition.
None.