Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 99
ब्राह्मणान्पूजयेन्नित्यं प्रातरुत्थाय भूमिपः । ब्राह्मणानां प्रसादेन दीव्यन्ति दिवि देवताः
brāhmaṇānpūjayennityaṃ prātarutthāya bhūmipaḥ | brāhmaṇānāṃ prasādena dīvyanti divi devatāḥ
പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ എഴുന്നേറ്റ് രാജാവ് നിത്യമായി ബ്രാഹ്മണരെ പൂജിക്കണം. ബ്രാഹ്മണരുടെ പ്രസാദവും തൃപ്തിയും കൊണ്ടു സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിലെ ദേവന്മാരും ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു.
Śiva (deduced from nearby verses identifying Brāhmaṇas as Śiva’s form)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Candra
Scene: At dawn in Prabhāsa, a king rises from his couch, performs ācamana, and offers respectful pūjā and gifts to seated Brāhmaṇas; in the upper register, devas in svarga rejoice as if their radiance is renewed by the act.
FAQs
Respecting Brāhmaṇas sustains cosmic and social order; their prasāda is portrayed as uplifting even the devas.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra within the Skanda Purāṇa’s Prabhāsa narrative cycle.
Daily morning honoring (pūjā/satkāra) of Brāhmaṇas by the ruler.