<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.39 -->

[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 5.193.39

# Skandapurana 5.193.39

Skandapurāṇa 5.193.39

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.193.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.39)

brahmaṇastu yathā devāḥ kīṭasthāne vyavasthitāḥ ..  
tathā brahmāpi viṣṇośca kīṭasthāne vyavasthitaḥ .. 39 ..

> Just as the gods stand in the place of insects to Brahmā, / so Brahmā too stands in the place of an insect to Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

- [Previous: 5.193.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.38)
- [Next: 5.193.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.40)
- [Up: 5.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.193.39) — English, machine translation

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.39) · Pramāṇa