Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
यस्य निःश्वसितं वेदाः स षडंगपदक्रमाः । तस्य देवस्य महिमा महान्कैरवगम्यते
yasya niḥśvasitaṃ vedāḥ sa ṣaḍaṃgapadakramāḥ | tasya devasya mahimā mahānkairavagamyate
ज्यांचा निःश्वासच वेद आहेत—षडंग, पदक्रम इत्यादींसह—त्या देवाचा महान महिमा कोण आणि कसा जाणू शकेल?
Agnibiṃdu
Tirtha: Kāśīkṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The deity’s cosmic form exhales luminous syllables that become the four Vedas; around them appear the six Vedāṅgas as personified sages; reciters chant in ordered pāṭha-kramas in a Kāśī setting.
FAQs
Scripture itself is portrayed as arising from the Divine; therefore God’s greatness surpasses even the highest textual learning.
The hymn is situated in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa milieu, near Pañcanadā, reinforcing Kāśī’s sacred atmosphere for such realization.
No direct prescription; it references Vedic recitation traditions (pada/krama) to emphasize the Lord’s supremacy over ritual knowledge.