Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
ताः सर्वास्तु प्रकृतयो मम देहांशसंभवाः । नारद त्वं विजानीहि तासां नामानि वच्मि ते
tāḥ sarvāstu prakṛtayo mama dehāṃśasaṃbhavāḥ | nārada tvaṃ vijānīhi tāsāṃ nāmāni vacmi te
وہ سب فطری خصلتیں میرے ہی وجود کے حصّوں سے پیدا ہوئی ہیں۔ اے نارَد، اسے خوب جان لو؛ اب میں تمہیں ان کے نام بتاتا ہوں۔
Brahmā (deduced from the Nārada-address and varṇa-dharma exposition style)
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A revelation scene: the speaker (divine/authoritative) tells Nārada that various prakṛtis arise from his own body-parts and promises to enumerate their names; Nārada listens with folded hands and vīṇā nearby.
FAQs
All roles and dispositions are ultimately rooted in the divine source; dharma is to be understood as sacred order, not mere social habit.
This verse functions as doctrinal framing within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it introduces a forthcoming enumeration/teaching.