Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78
अहमीड्यश्च पूज्यश्च सर्वयज्ञैर्द्विजोत्तमैः । मयि यज्ञा विधातव्या मयि होतव्यमित्यपि
ahamīḍyaśca pūjyaśca sarvayajñairdvijottamaiḥ | mayi yajñā vidhātavyā mayi hotavyamityapi
«Moi seul dois être loué et adoré par les meilleurs des deux-fois-nés, au moyen de tout sacrifice; les yajñas doivent être institués pour moi, et les oblations doivent m’être offertes»—ainsi le déclara-t-il encore.
King Vena (as reported by the narrator)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: The king sits on a high throne demanding worship; brahmins stand conflicted with ladles and offerings, while a true deity’s shrine (Somnātha) glows in the distance, ignored by the arrogant ruler.
FAQs
Self-deification and the diversion of worship from the divine order is depicted as a grave distortion of dharma.
The setting is the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame, though the verse itself focuses on Vena’s impiety.
Yajña and offering (homa/oblations) are mentioned—here as being wrongly redirected toward the king.