Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मा ब्रह्माण्डमाहात्म्यमधिकृत्याब्रवीत्पुनः । तच्च द्वादशसाहस्रं ब्रह्माण्डं द्विशताधिकम्

Transliteration

brahmā brahmāṇḍamāhātmyamadhikṛtyābravītpunaḥ | tacca dvādaśasāhasraṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ dviśatādhikam

Translation

پھر برہما نے برہمانڈ کی عظمت کے موضوع پر کلام فرمایا۔ وہ برہمانڈ (پران) بارہ ہزار (اشلوک) پر مشتمل ہے، اور اس کے علاوہ دو سو مزید بھی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रह्माण्ड-माहात्म्यम्: the glory of the Brahmāṇḍa (cosmic egg)
• ब्रह्माण्ड-माहात्म्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अधिकृत्य: having taken up (as topic)
• अधिकृत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि√कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having undertaken/with reference to’

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तत्: that (text/that one)
• तत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• द्वादश-साहस्रम्: twelve-thousand (in extent/number)
• द्वादश-साहस्रम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective)

• ब्रह्माण्डम्: the Brahmāṇḍa (Purāṇa/text)
• ब्रह्माण्डम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• द्विशत-अधिकम्: exceeding by two hundred (i.e., 12,200)
• द्विशत-अधिकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशत (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, four-faced, seated on a lotus, speaks to sages about the greatness of the cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa); palm-leaf manuscripts and counting beads suggest textual measure.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas are presented as carefully transmitted bodies of dharma-knowledge, with recognized speakers and traditional measures.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the Māhātmya context frames these teachings, though the verse itself is about Purāṇic cataloging.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it states authorship/topic and the traditional extent of the Brahmāṇḍa (Purāṇa).