स ब्रह्मा स महादेवः स देवो गरुडध्वजः । पूज्यमानः सुरैः सिद्धैस्तिष्ठते ब्रह्मवादिभिः
sa brahmā sa mahādevaḥ sa devo garuḍadhvajaḥ | pūjyamānaḥ suraiḥ siddhaistiṣṭhate brahmavādibhiḥ
ఆయనే బ్రహ్మ, ఆయనే మహాదేవ, ఆయనే గరుడధ్వజుడు. దేవతలూ సిద్ధులూ పూజించగా, బ్రహ్మవాదుల మధ్య ఆయన స్థిరంగా విరాజిల్లుతాడు.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māhātmya-style narration)
Listener: a royal interlocutor
Scene: A single radiant Supreme form subtly bearing three iconographic hints: creator’s aspect (Brahmā), ascetic-lord aspect (Mahādeva), and Garuḍa-banner aspect (Viṣṇu), surrounded by devas, siddhas, and brahmavādins offering worship.
It teaches the unity of the Supreme—seen as Brahmā, Śiva, and Viṣṇu—beyond sectarian division.
The verse occurs within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s lead-in to the Kāpila-tīrtha context on the Narmadā sacred geography.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it is a theological praise establishing the deity’s supremacy and worship.