Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53
देव उवाच । भगवन्गुरुर्भवान्देवो भवान्मम पितामहः । वेदगर्भ नमस्तेऽस्तु नास्ति कश्चिद्व्यतिक्रमः
deva uvāca | bhagavangururbhavāndevo bhavānmama pitāmahaḥ | vedagarbha namaste'stu nāsti kaścidvyatikramaḥ
ദേവൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ഭഗവൻ! നിങ്ങൾ എന്റെ ഗുരു, നിങ്ങൾ എന്റെ ദൈവം, നിങ്ങൾ എന്റെ പിതാമഹൻ. ഹേ വേദഗർഭാ! നമസ്കാരം; നിങ്ങളുടെ അധികാരലംഘനം എന്നൊന്നുമില്ല।
Deva (unspecified; a divine figure speaking to a revered elder/authority)
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A deva speaks with folded hands to an elder guru, acknowledging him as guru, deva, and pitāmaha; the guru is depicted serene, radiant, with Vedic manuscripts or a subtle ‘Veda’ aura behind him.
FAQs
Guru-bhakti and reverence: spiritual and moral order is maintained by honoring the teacher and the source of sacred knowledge.
This verse is part of the narrative framing in Revā Khaṇḍa; the tīrtha praise unfolds in the succeeding verses about Bhārabhūti Tīrtha.
No ritual is stated; it is a formal salutation (namas) and acknowledgment of dharmic hierarchy.