Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46
ब्रह्मा सप्तर्षयस्तत्र स्रुक्स्रुवग्रहणे रताः । अग्नीञ्जुहुविरे राजन्वेदिर्धात्री ससागरा
brahmā saptarṣayastatra sruksruvagrahaṇe ratāḥ | agnīñjuhuvire rājanvedirdhātrī sasāgarā
Là, Brahmā et les Sept Ṛṣis s’appliquaient à manier les louches, sruk et sruva. Ô roi, ils versèrent les offrandes dans les feux sacrés ; la terre elle-même, avec ses océans, servit d’autel.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Nārāyaṇa-vivāha-yajña (event-tīrtha, contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Brahmā and the Seven Ṛṣis hold the sruk and sruva, pouring oblations into blazing fires; the entire earth with her oceans becomes the altar-platform.
FAQs
When the divine is worshipped, the cosmos itself becomes cooperative—ritual is depicted as universal harmony.
The verse uses cosmic geography (earth and oceans) rather than a single local tīrtha, amplifying the rite’s universal sanctity.
It describes core yajña actions: using sruk/sruva ladles and offering oblations into Agni.