[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) › 7.18.89\_96 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_96 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_96 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_96) devadeva uvāca evametajjagaddhātri surāsuranamaskṛte . śreṣṭhāstapasvino viprā devebhyopi garīyasaḥ4 . .8. . madīyā yāḥ prajāḥ5 sṛṣṭāḥ6 prathamāḥ prabhavo hyaham . rudrā dvijātayaḥ pūrvaṃ mayā sṛṣṭā mahaujasaḥ . .9. . madīyāṃ mṛṣṭimālokya brahmaṇāpi sisṛkṣuṇā . brāhmaṇā mūrdhataḥ sṛṣṭāḥ pūrvameva mahāprabhāḥ . . 8.173.10 . . agrabhūto7 hyahaṃ teṣāṃ dvijaśreṣṭhastadābhavam . tataste8 matsakhāḥ9 sarve babhūvurviprasattamāḥ . . 11 .. > The god of gods said: > "It is even so, O sustainer of the world, O you who are bowed to by gods and asuras! / Ascetic vipras are the foremost; they are weightier even than the gods. // 8 > Those creatures which are mine were created first, for I am their source; / the Rudras, the twice-born endowed with great splendour, were created by me long ago. // 9 > Having observed my creation, Brahmā too, wishing to create, / created brāhmaṇas of great splendour from his head at the very beginning. // 10 > I was their leader then, the foremost of the twice-born; / from then on, all the best of vipras became my companions. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_95) - [Next: 7.18.89\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_97) - [Up: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.18.89_96) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.70.9) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_96) · Pramāṇa