Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 119
तदेवं नावयोर्भेदो विद्यते पारमार्थिकः । भेदं च तारतम्यं च मूढा एव वितन्वते
tadevaṃ nāvayorbhedo vidyate pāramārthikaḥ | bhedaṃ ca tāratamyaṃ ca mūḍhā eva vitanvate
یوں حقیقتِ اعلیٰ میں ہمارے درمیان کوئی حقیقی فرق نہیں۔ فرق اور درجوں کی اونچ نیچ تو صرف نادان لوگ پھیلاتے ہیں۔
Śiva (deduced from non-duality statement tied to Śaiva/Pāśupata context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Primary interlocutor in Prabhāsa-māhātmya frame
Scene: A single radiant pillar/light (jyoti) subtly containing both liṅga and Viṣṇu iconography, with sages debating below; the deluded argue over gradations while a realized sage points to the one light.
FAQs
In ultimate reality, divine unity transcends perceived differences; egoic comparisons are a mark of delusion.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where right understanding (pāramārthika-dṛṣṭi) is praised as part of the kṣetra’s greatness.
No external ritual is prescribed; the verse corrects perception by rejecting false notions of difference and ranking.
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