Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
पितामहो यथा विष्णोः कीटस्थाने व्यवस्थितः । तथा स शिवशक्तिभ्यां पीरज्ञेयो द्विजो त्तमाः
pitāmaho yathā viṣṇoḥ kīṭasthāne vyavasthitaḥ | tathā sa śivaśaktibhyāṃ pīrajñeyo dvijo ttamāḥ
ดุจดังปิตามหะ (พระพรหมา) เมื่อเทียบต่อพระวิษณุสถิตในฐานะประหนึ่งแมลงฉันใด ข้าแต่ทวิชผู้ประเสริฐ พึงเข้าใจว่าเมื่อเทียบต่อพระศิวะและศักติ ท่านก็อยู่ในฐานะต่ำเช่นนั้นฉันนั้น
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottama
Scene: A teaching scene where the cosmic triad is shown in diminishing scale: Viṣṇu and Brahmā smaller, while Śiva with Śakti appears as the encompassing, luminous center—half-male half-female or paired forms.
FAQs
It frames a theological hierarchy to direct the listener toward the supreme principle associated with Śiva-Śakti and toward liberating knowledge.
The tīrtha is not named within this verse alone, though it belongs to a Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse functions as doctrinal instruction.