Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
ओंकारोऽहं वषट्कारः सामाहमृग्यजुस्तथा । अहमग्निश्च होता च यजमानस्तथैव च
oṃkāro'haṃ vaṣaṭkāraḥ sāmāhamṛgyajustathā | ahamagniśca hotā ca yajamānastathaiva ca
میں اومکار ہوں، میں وَشَٹکار ہوں۔ میں سامن ہوں، اور اسی طرح رِک اور یَجُس بھی میں ہی ہوں۔ میں مقدس آگنی ہوں، ہوتا رِتوِج ہوں، اور یجمان بھی میں ہی ہوں۔
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic yajña tableau: Śiva as luminous Praṇava at the center, syllable ‘Oṃ’ radiating; around him appear Vedic chant scrolls, Agni flames, Hotṛ priest, and yajamāna—shown as emanations of the same divinity.
FAQs
The Divine pervades every limb of worship—from mantra and Veda to priest, fire, and patron—so ritual is a form of recognizing immanence.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as a place where Vedic sacrifice and divine presence are inseparable.
No single act is commanded; rather, the verse defines core yajña components (vaṣaṭ, Vedas, Agni, Hotṛ, yajamāna) as sacred.