Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76
तन्नो वाक्यात्सुरश्रेष्ठ हितं वा यदि वाहितम् । परं स्याज्जगतां श्रेयः सर्वेषां च दिवौकसाम् । तथा कुरु जगन्नाथ अस्माकं हितकारणम्
tanno vākyātsuraśreṣṭha hitaṃ vā yadi vāhitam | paraṃ syājjagatāṃ śreyaḥ sarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām | tathā kuru jagannātha asmākaṃ hitakāraṇam
सुरश्रेष्ठ, अस्माकं वाक्यात् यदि किञ्चित् हितं वाहितं स्यात्, तत् जगतां परं श्रेयः स्यात्, सर्वेषां च दिवौकसाम्; जगन्नाथ, तथा कुरु—अस्माकं हितकारणम्।
Brāhmaṇas (addressing Brahmā as sura-śreṣṭha/jagannātha in context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi audience (frame typical; not explicit)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas petition the Lord: let any benefit arising from their words become the highest welfare for worlds and devas; the composition emphasizes collective prayer and cosmic scale.
FAQs
True dharmic speech aims at loka-kalyāṇa—universal welfare—rather than narrow self-interest.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, portrayed as a setting where actions are weighed for the welfare of all realms.
No explicit rite; it is a prayerful directive that the intended act should yield the highest good for worlds and devas.