Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79
निशम्येति मुनिः प्राह दधीचिर्ज्ञानिनां वरः । सर्वमंगलमांगल्यो भवेद्यज्ञपुमान्हरिः
niśamyeti muniḥ prāha dadhīcirjñānināṃ varaḥ | sarvamaṃgalamāṃgalyo bhavedyajñapumānhariḥ
L’ayant entendu, le sage Dadhīci—le meilleur des connaisseurs—déclara : «Hari, la Personne même du sacrifice, est le plus auspiceux de tout ce qui est auspiceux.»
Dadhīci
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (frame) / interlocutor within Kāśī narrative
Scene: Sage Dadhīci, serene and radiant, speaks a maṅgala-stuti proclaiming Hari as Yajñapuruṣa; a subtle sacrificial altar and Vedic fire glow in the background, with Kāśī’s sacred ambience implied.
FAQs
The deepest auspiciousness is theological: Hari as Yajñapuruṣa sanctifies all rites and places, making true maṅgala rooted in divinity.
Kāśī’s yajña-field is defended as supremely auspicious, grounded in the presence of the divine principle behind sacrifice.
No direct prescription; the verse provides the doctrinal basis for yajña’s sanctity—Hari as Yajñapuruṣa.