Sukta 7
यत्रादित्याश्च रुद्राश्च वसवश्च समाहिताः । भूतं च यत्र भव्यं च सर्वे लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विदेव सः
yátrā́dityā́ś ca rudrā́ś ca vásavaś ca samā́hitāḥ | bhūtáṃ ca yátra bhávyam̐ ca sárve lokā́ḥ pratíṣṭhitāḥ | skambháṃ táṃ brū́hi katamáḥ svíd evá sáḥ ||
Wherein the Ādityas, and the Rudras, and the Vasus are gathered and set; wherein what hath been and what shall be, and all the worlds, are firmly founded—declare to us that Skambha: what, in very sooth, is He?
Rishi: Traditionally attributed within the Skambha cycle (AVŚ 10.7) to Atharvanic seers; often treated as anonymous brahmavādin composition in scholarship.
Devata: Skambha (as brahman; cosmic support)
Chandas: Mixed/Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted in the Skambha hymns; metrical irregularities occur)
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