Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63
ब्रह्मा रुद्रश्च विष्णुश्च सनकाद्या महर्षयः । इंद्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिस्तथा सत्त्वं रजस्तमः
brahmā rudraśca viṣṇuśca sanakādyā maharṣayaḥ | iṃdriyāṇi mano buddhistathā sattvaṃ rajastamaḥ
“برہما، رُدر اور وِشنو؛ سنک وغیرہ مہارشی؛ حواس، من اور بُدھی؛ نیز تین گُن—ستّو، رجس، تمس—یہ سب مجھ ہی میں قائم ہیں۔”
Śrī Bhagavān (Kṛṣṇa)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: gopīs
Scene: Didactic cosmic diagram rendered as art: Kṛṣṇa at center; around him symbolic icons—lotus for Brahmā, trident for Rudra, conch/disc for Viṣṇu; a ring of sages; then senses as petals; mind and intellect as inner lamps; three colored bands for sattva (white), rajas (red), tamas (dark).
FAQs
Even cosmic deities and inner faculties (mind, senses, guṇas) depend upon the Supreme Reality.
Dvārakā is the narrative frame; the verse focuses on metaphysical enumeration rather than tirtha praise.
None directly; the implied practice is discernment—seeing all powers and faculties as grounded in the Lord.