Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
यो वेद पुरुषो विष्णुर्यो यज्ञपुरुषो हरिः । योंतरात्मास्य जगतः कर्ता हर्ताविता विभुः
yo veda puruṣo viṣṇuryo yajñapuruṣo hariḥ | yoṃtarātmāsya jagataḥ kartā hartāvitā vibhuḥ
Er ist Viṣṇu, die Person der Veden; er ist Hari, die Person im Opfer; er ist das innere Selbst dieses Weltalls: Schöpfer, Zurücknehmer, Beschützer, der allgegenwärtige Herr.
Nārada (continuing speech)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: The king
Scene: A visionary tableau: Hari/Vişṇu as cosmic person—Vedas as radiant scrolls emanating from him, a yajña-kuṇḍa with flames reflecting his form, and within all beings a subtle inner light; Nārada gestures as if mapping these identities.
FAQs
The Lord is present as scripture, as sacrifice, and as the inner Self—so devotion is grounded in universal divine immanence.
No specific tīrtha is named; the teaching supports the Kāśī Mahātmya’s broader aim of God-realization.
It references yajña (sacrifice) conceptually, identifying the Lord as Yajña-puruṣa rather than giving a procedural rule.