Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 149
देवा ऊचुः । आदिदेवोऽसि देवानां जातमेतत्स्वयं तव । सर्गस्थित्यंतकालेषु त्रिधा भेदेन तिष्ठसि
devā ūcuḥ | ādidevo'si devānāṃ jātametatsvayaṃ tava | sargasthityaṃtakāleṣu tridhā bhedena tiṣṭhasi
دیوتاؤں نے کہا: آپ دیوتاؤں کے بھی آدی دیو ہیں؛ یہ سب کچھ خود آپ ہی سے پیدا ہوا ہے۔ سَرْگ، ستھِتی اور پرَلَے کے زمانوں میں آپ تین گونہ امتیاز کے ساتھ قائم رہتے ہیں۔
Devas
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A formal hymn scene: devas speaking in chorus, facing a central radiance; the triad of creation-preservation-dissolution is suggested through three emanating forms or three bands of light.
FAQs
The divine is acknowledged as the source and governor of cosmic cycles—creation, sustenance, and dissolution—worthy of worship as the primordial principle.
The praise occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya framework, linking cosmic theology to the sanctity of Prabhāsa.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; it is a theological stuti affirming the deity’s cosmic roles.