Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
देवानां च यथा मर्त्याः कीटस्थाने च संस्थिताः । तथा देवा अपि ज्ञेया ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः
devānāṃ ca yathā martyāḥ kīṭasthāne ca saṃsthitāḥ | tathā devā api jñeyā brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ
தேவர்களை ஒப்பிடில் மனிதர் பூச்சிநிலையிலிருப்பதுபோல், அவ்யக்தப் பிறப்புடைய பிரம்மனை ஒப்பிடில் தேவர்களும் பூச்சிபோல் என அறியப்படுவர்।
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottama (addressed)
Scene: A contemplative sage instructs a learned brāhmaṇa at a sacred ford; above them, layered cosmic tiers show mortals, devas, and a vast formless radiance signifying the unmanifest Brahman.
FAQs
Humility deepens: as humans are small before gods, so gods are small before the unmanifest Brahman—pointing the seeker to the supreme reality.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides theological framing commonly embedded in Māhātmya literature.
None; it is a metaphysical instruction about relative status and the supremacy of Brahman.
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