Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78
अहमीड्यश्च पूज्यश्च सर्वयज्ञैर्द्विजोत्तमैः । मयि यज्ञा विधातव्या मयि होतव्यमित्यपि
ahamīḍyaśca pūjyaśca sarvayajñairdvijottamaiḥ | mayi yajñā vidhātavyā mayi hotavyamityapi
‘ہر یَجْی میں برہمنوں کے سردار مجھے ہی قابلِ ستائش اور قابلِ پرستش جانیں؛ میرے ہی لیے یَجْی قائم ہوں اور میرے ہی نام پر آہوتی دی جائے’—اس نے یوں بھی اعلان کیا۔
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.