Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
किमात्मकोऽयमोंकारो महिमास्य च को हर । केनाराधि पुरा चैष ददावाराधितश्च किम्
kimātmako'yamoṃkāro mahimāsya ca ko hara | kenārādhi purā caiṣa dadāvārādhitaśca kim
ಹೇ ಹರ! ಈ ಓಂಕಾರವು ಯಾವ ಸ್ವರೂಪದದು, ಇದರ ಮಹಿಮೆ ಏನು? ಪುರಾತನಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದನ್ನು ಯಾರು ಆರಾಧಿಸಿದರು, ಪ್ರಸನ್ನನಾಗಿ ಇದು ಏನು ವರ ನೀಡಿತು?
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Oṃkāreśa (Kāśī)
Type: temple
Listener: Śiva (Hara)
Scene: Devī asks: what is Oṃkāra’s true nature, what is its greatness, who worshipped it in ancient times, and what boon it granted—setting up a mythic backstory and a metaphysical exposition.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames Oṃkāra as a profound spiritual principle whose worship yields transformative results.
The immediate context is Kāśī and the Oṃkāreśa liṅga within its sacred circuit.
Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) is referenced generally, without specifying a method in this verse.