Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
नास्ति ब्रह्मसमो देवो नास्ति ब्रह्मसमो गुरुः । नास्ति ब्रह्मसमं ज्ञानं नास्ति ब्रह्मसमं तपः
nāsti brahmasamo devo nāsti brahmasamo guruḥ | nāsti brahmasamaṃ jñānaṃ nāsti brahmasamaṃ tapaḥ
Tiada dewa yang setara dengan Brahmā; tiada guru yang setara dengan Brahmā. Tiada pengetahuan yang setara dengan Brahmā, dan tiada tapa yang setara dengan Brahmā.
Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A hymn-like assertion of Brahmā’s unmatched status as deity, guru, knowledge, and austerity—suggesting Brahmā’s four-faced icon as the conceptual focus.
FAQs
The verse exalts Brahmā as archetype of guruhood, knowledge, and austerity—urging reverence for cosmic order and Vedic wisdom.
The praise is situated within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra narrative that later specifies Brahmā’s sacred station near Somanātha.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it functions as stuti (praise) to cultivate devotion and reverence.