Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12
स ब्रह्मा स शिवः साक्षात्स च देवो जनार्दनः । त्रिविधं कारणं लोके धर्मपन्थानमुत्तमम्
sa brahmā sa śivaḥ sākṣātsa ca devo janārdanaḥ | trividhaṃ kāraṇaṃ loke dharmapanthānamuttamam
وہی برہما ہے، وہی ساکشات شِو ہے؛ وہی دیو جناردن ہے۔ اس جگت میں یہی تین گونہ بنیاد ہے—دھرم کے راستوں میں سب سے اعلیٰ پنتھ۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Listener: Pārtha/Bhārata (Arjuna)
Scene: A single radiant figure or a triadic tableau: Brahmā (four-faced), Śiva (trident-bearing), and Janārdana (Viṣṇu with conch and discus) emerging from one luminous axis labeled ‘dharma-mārga’.
FAQs
It emphasizes a unifying vision of the divine—Brahmā, Śiva, and Viṣṇu—supporting dharma in the world.
No single site is named; it provides a doctrinal frame within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative context.
None explicitly; it teaches theological orientation as the basis for dharma.