Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

भविष्याणां च कल्पानां श्रूयते यत्र विस्तरः । तद्ब्रह्माण्डं पुराणं तु ब्रह्मणा समुदाहृतम्

Transliteration

bhaviṣyāṇāṃ ca kalpānāṃ śrūyate yatra vistaraḥ | tadbrahmāṇḍaṃ purāṇaṃ tu brahmaṇā samudāhṛtam

Translation

Nơi nào nghe được sự trình bày tường tận về các kalpa vị lai—đó chính là Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, do Phạm thiên Brahmā tuyên thuyết.

Word by Word

• भविष्याणाम्: of future
• भविष्याणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भविष्यत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective) ‘कल्पानाम्’

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

• कल्पानाम्: of aeons/cycles
• कल्पानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• श्रूयते: is heard/is known
• श्रूयते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: ‘is heard/known’)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• विस्तरः: detail/expansion
• विस्तरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्-ब्रह्माण्डम्: that Brahmāṇḍa (Purāṇa)
• तत्-ब्रह्माण्डम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुराणम्: the Purāṇa
• पुराणम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); अप्पोजिशन (in apposition)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed)

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• समुदाहृतम्: was proclaimed/uttered
• समुदाहृतम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-आ√हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: Brahmā proclaiming a Purāṇa while sages listen; behind them, symbolic wheels of time (kalpas), cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa), and layered worlds suggest future cycles.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• kalpa
• Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas are differentiated by their doctrinal scope; cosmological teaching about kalpas is treated as a sacred, authoritative inheritance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, but this verse is primarily a definitional marker for the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it defines the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa by its content and speaker.