Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
गायत्र्येव परं विष्णुर्गायत्र्येव परःशिवः । गायत्र्येव परोब्रह्मा गायत्र्येव त्रयी ततः
gāyatryeva paraṃ viṣṇurgāyatryeva paraḥśivaḥ | gāyatryeva parobrahmā gāyatryeva trayī tataḥ
คายตรีเท่านั้นคือพระวิษณุสูงสุด; คายตรีเท่านั้นคือพระศิวะสูงสุด। คายตรีเท่านั้นคือพระพรหมสูงสุด; เพราะฉะนั้นคายตรีเท่านั้นคือสภาวะแห่งตรีมูรติและพระเวทสามประการ
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims (contextual)
Scene: Gāyatrī as a radiant central form from whom Viṣṇu, Śiva, and Brahmā emanate or are shown as her aspects; the three Vedas appear as luminous scrolls or flames merging into her aura.
FAQs
Gāyatrī is presented as the unified divine principle underlying the major deities and Vedic revelation.
The verse functions as mantra-mahātmya within Kāśīkhaṇḍa; it supports Kāśī’s sanctity indirectly through its spiritual doctrine.
No direct prescription; it supplies theological grounding for Gāyatrī worship and japa.