Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
अविद्यो वा सविद्यो वा ब्राह्मणो मम दैवतम् । प्रणीतश्चाप्रणीतश्च यथाग्निर्दैवतं महत्
avidyo vā savidyo vā brāhmaṇo mama daivatam | praṇītaścāpraṇītaśca yathāgnirdaivataṃ mahat
അവിദ്യനായാലും വിദ്യാവാനായാലും ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ എന്റെ ദൈവമാണ്. അഗ്നി ജ്വലിച്ചാലും ജ്വലിക്കാതിരുന്നാലും, അതു മഹാദൈവതം തന്നേ.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the assembled sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī / Pārvatī (addressed as ‘varānane’, ‘mahādevī’)
Scene: A didactic scene in Prabhāsa: a revered brāhmaṇa seated calmly; beside him a fire-altar with both a bright flame and an unkindled ember shown symbolically, illustrating inherent divinity.
FAQs
Reverence is due to the Brāhmaṇa-status as a dharmic principle, not merely to external measures of learning or display.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where dharma of honoring Brāhmaṇas is taught as part of the sacred-place greatness.
No specific rite is detailed; the verse establishes a rule of unwavering reverence, illustrated through the agni analogy.