Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
यश्चाहं स स्वयं ब्रह्मा यो ब्रह्मा स हुताशनः । या देवी स स्वयं विष्णुर्यो विष्णुः स च चन्द्रमाः
yaścāhaṃ sa svayaṃ brahmā yo brahmā sa hutāśanaḥ | yā devī sa svayaṃ viṣṇuryo viṣṇuḥ sa ca candramāḥ
‘நான்’ எனப்படுவது தானே பிரம்மா; அந்தப் பிரம்மாவே ஹுதாசனன் எனும் அக்னி. தேவியும் தானே விஷ்ணு; அந்த விஷ்ணுவே சந்திரனாகவும் விளங்குகிறார்.
Śiva (deduced from Advaita teaching to Devī in this section)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A visionary tableau: Brahmā, Agni, Viṣṇu, Candra, and Devī appear as overlapping translucent forms, all resolving into a single radiant core; Prabhāsa’s coastal horizon and Somnātha silhouette anchor the revelation.
FAQs
The verse teaches non-duality: multiple deities and cosmic powers are expressions of one supreme Reality.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), celebrated in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa as a place revealing divine unity.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it establishes the theology of seeing deity-forms as one.