Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78
अहमीड्यश्च पूज्यश्च सर्वयज्ञैर्द्विजोत्तमैः । मयि यज्ञा विधातव्या मयि होतव्यमित्यपि
ahamīḍyaśca pūjyaśca sarvayajñairdvijottamaiḥ | mayi yajñā vidhātavyā mayi hotavyamityapi
అతడు ఇలా ప్రకటించాడు—‘సర్వ యజ్ఞములలో ద్విజోత్తములు నన్నే స్తుతించి పూజించాలి; నా కొరకే యజ్ఞాలు స్థాపించాలి, నాకే హవిస్సు అర్పించాలి.’
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.