Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76
ब्राह्मणाय प्रदातव्यं श्रोत्रियाय महात्मने । विष्णुना हि पुरा पृष्टं ब्रह्मणः स्तोत्रमुत्त्मम्
brāhmaṇāya pradātavyaṃ śrotriyāya mahātmane | viṣṇunā hi purā pṛṣṭaṃ brahmaṇaḥ stotramuttmam
یہ برہمن کو دیا جائے—جو وید کا شروتریہ، اور عظیم الروح ہو۔ کیونکہ قدیم زمانے میں وِشنو نے برہما کے اس اعلیٰ ستوتر کے بارے میں پوچھا تھا۔
Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (chapter setting)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viṣṇu respectfully questions Brahmā about an excellent stotra; Brahmā holds a manuscript, while a learned brāhmaṇa stands as the intended recipient in the foreground.
FAQs
Transmission of sacred hymns follows dharmic eligibility—learning, character, and reverence safeguard spiritual potency.
This instruction belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya describing Brahmā’s stotra and its sanctity.
Give/teach the hymn specifically to a qualified recipient: a śrotriya Brāhmaṇa of noble disposition.