Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
यदि मे त्वं पुरा लिंगं पूजयेथाः पितामह । ततो देवगणाः सर्वे ततो विप्रास्ततोऽपरे
yadi me tvaṃ purā liṃgaṃ pūjayethāḥ pitāmaha | tato devagaṇāḥ sarve tato viprāstato'pare
“اگر تم، اے پِتامہ (برہما)، پہلے میرے لِنگم کی پوجا کرو، تو اس کے بعد تمام دیوتاؤں کے گروہ پیروی کریں گے؛ پھر برہمن، اور پھر دوسرے سب بھی۔”
Śiva (Mahādeva/Śaṅkara), implied from context
Tirtha: Arbuda acala-liṅga
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā (pītāmaha)
Scene: Śiva instructs Brahmā to worship first; behind them, ranks of devas, then brāhmaṇas and other beings, poised to follow the precedent.
FAQs
Right order in worship matters: when the foremost (Brahmā) honors Śiva’s liṅga, the whole cosmos aligns in devotion.
The verse occurs in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (Arbuda-khaṇḍa), within the sacred-geography frame of Prabhāsa and the Arbuda region.
A directive to perform liṅga-pūjā first (beginning with Brahmā), followed by collective worship by gods and brāhmaṇas.