Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
अप्सु शेते देवदेवः स च नारायणः स्मृतः । स ब्रह्मा स शिवो नास्ति भेदस्तेषां परस्परम्
apsu śete devadevaḥ sa ca nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ | sa brahmā sa śivo nāsti bhedasteṣāṃ parasparam
เทพเหนือเทพบรรทมเหนือมหานทีแห่งจักรวาล และทรงเป็นที่ระลึกนามว่า “นารายณะ” พระองค์นั้นเองคือพรหมา พระองค์นั้นเองคือศิวะ—ระหว่างกันหาได้มีความแตกต่างไม่
Narrator (Purāṇic voice within Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa sphere)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vāmana
Scene: Nārāyaṇa reclines upon the cosmic waters; within/around him are suggested the presences of Brahmā and Śiva as non-separate aspects—one radiance with three recognitions.
FAQs
It teaches the essential oneness of Viṣṇu (Nārāyaṇa), Brahmā, and Śiva, discouraging sectarian division.
This occurs within the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, linking theological unity to the sanctity of the Prabhāsa region and its kṣetra.
No direct rite is prescribed in this verse; it is primarily a theological declaration supporting kṣetra-māhātmya devotion.