Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 66
परस्य ब्रह्णः साक्षाज्जातवेदासि हव्यवाट् । देवानां पुरुषांगानां यज्ञेन पुरुषं यजः
parasya brahṇaḥ sākṣājjātavedāsi havyavāṭ | devānāṃ puruṣāṃgānāṃ yajñena puruṣaṃ yajaḥ
Du bist Jātavedas (Agni), die offenbarte Gegenwart des höchsten Brahman, Träger und Verzehrer der Opfergaben. Durch das Opfer (yajña) verehrst du den Puruṣa, die kosmische Person, und du selbst bist ein Glied am universalen Leib der Götter.
The inhabitants/varṇas of Kuśadvīpa praising Agni (stuti embedded in Sūta’s narration)
Scene: A Vedic fire-altar with blazing Agni personified, receiving ghee and soma-like offerings; behind him a subtle vision of the Cosmic Person whose limbs are the devas, indicating yajña as worship of the universal body.
FAQs
Yajña is not mere ritual—through Agni it becomes worship of the Supreme and the Cosmic Person, uniting devotion and cosmic order.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse is a doctrinal stuti within the dvīpa-description framework.
Yajña (sacrifice with oblations into Agni) is affirmed as the means of worship.