Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63
ब्रह्मा रुद्रश्च विष्णुश्च सनकाद्या महर्षयः । इंद्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिस्तथा सत्त्वं रजस्तमः
brahmā rudraśca viṣṇuśca sanakādyā maharṣayaḥ | iṃdriyāṇi mano buddhistathā sattvaṃ rajastamaḥ
பிரம்மா, ருத்ரன், விஷ்ணு; சனகாதி மகரிஷிகள்; இந்திரியங்கள், மனம், புத்தி; மேலும் சத்த்வம், ரஜஸ், தமஸ்—இவை அனைத்தும் என்னிலேயே நிலைபெற்றுள்ளன।
Śrī Bhagavān (Kṛṣṇa)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: gopīs
Scene: Didactic cosmic diagram rendered as art: Kṛṣṇa at center; around him symbolic icons—lotus for Brahmā, trident for Rudra, conch/disc for Viṣṇu; a ring of sages; then senses as petals; mind and intellect as inner lamps; three colored bands for sattva (white), rajas (red), tamas (dark).
FAQs
Even cosmic deities and inner faculties (mind, senses, guṇas) depend upon the Supreme Reality.
Dvārakā is the narrative frame; the verse focuses on metaphysical enumeration rather than tirtha praise.
None directly; the implied practice is discernment—seeing all powers and faculties as grounded in the Lord.