Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 87
सात्विकेषु च कल्पेषु माहात्म्यमधिकं हरेः । राजसेषु च माहात्म्यमधिकं ब्रह्मणो विदुः
sātvikeṣu ca kalpeṣu māhātmyamadhikaṃ hareḥ | rājaseṣu ca māhātmyamadhikaṃ brahmaṇo viduḥ
সাত্ত্বিক কল্পসমূহে হরির মাহাত্ম্য অধিক; আর রাজস কল্পসমূহে ব্রহ্মার মাহাত্ম্যই অধিক বলে বিদ্বানেরা জানেন।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (best of twice-born)
Scene: A serene assembly of sages in Prabhāsa discussing kalpas and guṇas; symbolic triad of Hari, Brahmā, and Śiva appearing as luminous presences above a tīrtha landscape.
FAQs
It links scriptural emphasis to the guṇas, showing how different cosmic moods highlight different divine functions.
None directly; the verse is a doctrinal classification within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya context.
None; it is explanatory theology.