Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

चतुर्दशसहस्राणि तथा पञ्चशतानि च । भविष्यचरितप्रायं भविष्यं तदिहोच्यते

Transliteration

caturdaśasahasrāṇi tathā pañcaśatāni ca | bhaviṣyacaritaprāyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ tadihocyate

Translation

چودہ ہزار اور مزید پانچ سو (اشلوک)—یہاں اسی کو ‘بھویشیہ’ کہا گیا ہے، جو زیادہ تر آنے والے واقعات کے بیان پر مشتمل ہے۔

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.