Mantra 18
Sukta 7
यस्य शिरो वैश्वानरश्चक्षुरङ्गिरसोऽभवन्। अङ्गानि यस्य यातवः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विदेव सः
yásya śíro vaiśvānaráś cákṣur áṅgirasó ’bhavan | áṅgāni yásya yā́tavaḥ skámbhaṃ táṃ brūhi katamáḥ svíd eva sáḥ
Whose head became Vaiśvānara, whose eye the Aṅgirases; whose limbs are the Yātus—Skambha: tell thou of him, which one, pray, is he indeed?
Rishi: Atharvanic Skambha-seer tradition (anukramaṇī attribution varies)
Devata: Skambha (with Vaiśvānara and Aṅgirases as body-members)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (irregular)
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