Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42
विवाहयज्ञे समभूत्स्रुक्स्रुवग्रहणे च कः । ऋत्विजः के सदस्याश्च तस्यासन् द्विजसत्तम
vivāhayajñe samabhūtsruksruvagrahaṇe ca kaḥ | ṛtvijaḥ ke sadasyāśca tasyāsan dvijasattama
In jenem Hochzeitsopfer: Wer amtierte beim Ergreifen der heiligen Schöpflöffel, sruk und sruva? Wer waren die ṛtvij, die Priester, und wer die sadasya, die gelehrten Mitglieder der Versammlung, o Bester der Zweimalgeborenen?
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-sphere (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: A royal listener respectfully questions about a grand ‘Nārāyaṇa-vivāha’ sacrifice: who held the sruk/sruva, who were the ṛtvij priests, and who sat as learned sadasya in the assembly.
FAQs
Sacred rites are communal and ordered—right roles and proper implements sustain dharma.
The Revā (Narmadā) sacred narrative context remains in the background; the verse focuses on yajña-structure.
It references formal yajña components: ladles (sruk/sruva), officiating priests (ṛtvij), and the ritual assembly (sadasya).