Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38
नैव मुह्यति ते मायाबलेन नैवमेव च । गर्वहिंसापरो देवो जगद्भर्ता जगत्प्रभुः
naiva muhyati te māyābalena naivameva ca | garvahiṃsāparo devo jagadbhartā jagatprabhuḥ
“وہ تمہاری مایا کی قوت سے ہرگز فریب میں نہیں پڑتا—یقیناً نہیں۔ وہ دیوتا غرور اور تشدد کی طرف مائل ہے، اور اپنے آپ کو جگت کا پالنے والا اور کائنات کا ربّ کہتا ہے۔”
Contextual: Brahmā speaking (continuing the dispute with Viṣṇu)
Scene: A pointed statement: the ‘other’ deity is said to be beyond delusion yet inclined to pride and violence while claiming world-lordship; faces in the assembly tighten; moral tension rises.
FAQs
Pride and aggression distort judgment; even lofty claims to lordship are hollow without humility and truth.
The episode belongs to Dharmāraṇya’s sacred narrative context, which culminates in tīrtha-creation and sanctification.
None; the focus is ethical-theological—warning against garva and hiṃsā.