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
“اے ہَر! اس اومکار کی حقیقی ماہیت کیا ہے اور اس کی عظمت کیا ہے؟ قدیم زمانے میں کس نے اس کی پوجا کی، اور راضی ہو کر اس نے کیا عطا فرمایا؟”
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.