Mantra 9
Sukta 7
कियता स्कम्भः प्र विवेश भूतं कियद् भविष्यदन्वाशयेऽस्य । एकं यदङ्गमकृणोत् सहस्रधा कियता स्कम्भः प्र विवेश तत्र
kíyatā skambháḥ prá viveśa bhūtáṃ kíyad bhaviṣyád anvā́śaye 'sya | ékaṃ yád áṅgam ákṛṇot sahásradhā kíyatā skambháḥ prá viveśa tátra ||
By what measure did Skambha enter the being that is past? how much of what shall be doth he attend thereafter? When he made the one member thousandfold—by what measure did Skambha enter therein?
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (Skambha hymn complex).
Devata: Skambha (brahman).
Chandas: Mixed/variable; often treated as speculative meter with triṣṭubh-like members.
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