Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

चतुर्दशसहस्राणि तथा पञ्चशतानि च । भविष्यचरितप्रायं भविष्यं तदिहोच्यते

Transliteration

caturdaśasahasrāṇi tathā pañcaśatāni ca | bhaviṣyacaritaprāyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ tadihocyate

Translation

Labing-apat na libo, at dagdag pang limang daan (taludtod): ito ang tinatawag dito na Bhaviṣya, na higit na tumatalakay sa mga salaysay ng mga bagay na darating pa.

Word by Word

• चतुर्दशसहस्राणि: fourteen thousand
• चतुर्दशसहस्राणि: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nominative plural); द्विगुसमासः

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• पञ्चशतानि: five hundred
• पञ्चशतानि: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्विगुसमासः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• भविष्यचरितप्रायम्: mostly concerning future events
• भविष्यचरितप्रायम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भविष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + चरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + प्राय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of भविष्यं); समासः: भविष्यस्य चरितं प्रायम् (mostly about future events)

• भविष्यम्: the Bhaviṣya (Purāṇa/text)
• भविष्यम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भविष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject-Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/प्रसंगवाचक-अव्यय (here/in this context)

• उच्यते: is said/declared
• उच्यते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Purāṇic narrator in a sacred assembly at Prabhāsa gestures to palm-leaf manuscripts; behind him a cosmic timeline unfurls, indicating ‘future accounts’ as a river of time flowing toward the sea.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaviṣya Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa as a dharma-text oriented toward future narratives, preserving guidance through time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, where such Purāṇic cataloging supports Prabhāsa’s sacred authority.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it states the traditional extent and thematic emphasis of the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa.