Shloka 22

सामवेद–अथर्ववेदशाखाः, पुराणसंहिता, अष्टादशपुराणानि, विद्यास्थानानि

Sāma/Atharvan branches, Purāṇa compendium, 18 Purāṇas, knowledge taxonomy

Devanagari script

आग्नेयम् अष्टमं चैव भविष्यं नवमं तथा दशमं ब्रह्मवैवर्तं लैङ्गम् एकादशं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

āgneyam aṣṭamaṃ caiva bhaviṣyaṃ navamaṃ tathā daśamaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ laiṅgam ekādaśaṃ smṛtam

Translation

《阿耆尼往世书》被记为第八；《未来往世书》为第九；《梵天变现往世书》为第十；《林伽往世书》为第十一。

Word by Word

• आग्नेयम्: the Āgneya (Purāṇa)
• आग्नेयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āgneya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; पुराणनाम

• अष्टमम्: the eighth
• अष्टमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

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

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha/Modifier (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• भविष्यम्: the Bhaviṣya (Purāṇa)
• भविष्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaviṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; पुराणनाम

• नवमम्: the ninth
• नवमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थ (also/likewise)

• दशमम्: the tenth
• दशमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• ब्रह्मवैवर्तम्: the Brahma-vaivarta (Purāṇa)
• ब्रह्मवैवर्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma + vaivarta (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः वैवर्तम्) पुराणनाम

• लैङ्गम्: the Laiṅga (Liṅga Purāṇa)
• लैङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laiṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; पुराणनाम

• एकादशम्: the eleventh
• एकादशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• स्मृतम्: is remembered/said
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोग; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘स्मृत’ = ‘is remembered/said’

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Continuation of Purāṇa enumeration and ordering

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Characters & Entities

• Sage Parāśara
• Maitreya
• Āgneya Purāṇa
• Bhaviṣya Purāṇa
• Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa
• Laiṅga Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the significance of listing Purāṇas in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse helps establish a traditional ordering of Purāṇic texts, presenting them as remembered authorities within the broader framework of dharma and cosmic order taught by Parāśara.

How does Sage Parāśara explain scriptural tradition in this chapter?

He transmits an inherited enumeration—“smṛtam” (remembered/recognized)—indicating a received canon rather than a personal invention, while instructing Maitreya in an organized map of sacred literature.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when discussing textual classifications, the Vishnu Purana frames knowledge as serving the comprehension of universal order ultimately grounded in the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—as the sustaining principle behind dharma and tradition.