Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
अहं कर्ता हि लोकानां यज्ञो नारायणः परः । न मामनादृत्य विधे जीवनं जगतामज
ahaṃ kartā hi lokānāṃ yajño nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ | na māmanādṛtya vidhe jīvanaṃ jagatāmaja
«أنا حقًّا صانعُ العوالم؛ والـيَجْنَةُ (القربان) هو نارايانا الأعلى. يا مُقدِّرَ الأمور، يا غيرَ المولود—من دون إكرامي لا تستطيع العوالم حتى أن تحيا.»
Kratu (asserting Nārāyaṇa as the supreme sacrificial principle)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis
Scene: A creator-like deity speaks with firm gesture; behind him a symbolic yajña-kuṇḍa flame rises, within which a subtle Nārāyaṇa form is suggested—indicating yajña as divine body.
FAQs
The divine is identified with yajña (sacrifice) and cosmic sustenance; honoring the supreme principle is portrayed as essential for the world’s life.
No individual tīrtha is mentioned; the verse functions within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s theological narration.
Implicitly elevates yajña as sacred, but no concrete ritual steps (time, place, offering) are specified in this line.