Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
यजुरुवाच । यो यज्ञैरखिलैरीशो योगेन च समिज्यते । येन प्रमाणं हि वयं स एकः सर्वदृक्छिवः
yajuruvāca | yo yajñairakhilairīśo yogena ca samijyate | yena pramāṇaṃ hi vayaṃ sa ekaḥ sarvadṛkchivaḥ
یجُر نے کہا: وہی ایک رب ہے جس کی عبادت تمام یَجْیوں اور یوگ کے ذریعے کی جاتی ہے۔ وہی ہمارے لیے سچے علم کا معیار ہے؛ وہی سراسر بینا شِو ہے۔
Yajur (personified Yajurveda/Śruti)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: A sage/audience (addressed as ‘mune’)
Scene: Personified Yajurveda speaks in praise of Śiva: a serene, all-seeing Mahādeva receiving both sacrificial oblations and yogic meditation, suggesting the convergence of Vedic fire and inner fire.
FAQs
Śiva is affirmed as the single, all-seeing Lord who is approached both through Vedic sacrifice and inner yogic realization, and who stands as the ultimate standard of truth.
The verse occurs in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī/Varanasi cycle), indirectly supporting Kāśī’s Śaiva greatness by grounding it in Vedic testimony, though no single tirtha is named in this line.
No specific rite is prescribed; it broadly references worship through all yajñas (sacrifices) and through yoga.