प्रावर्तत ततस्तस्य दक्षस्य च महाध्वरः । दृष्ट्वा देवनिकायांश्च तस्मिन्दक्ष महाध्वरे
prāvartata tatastasya dakṣasya ca mahādhvaraḥ | dṛṣṭvā devanikāyāṃśca tasmindakṣa mahādhvare
Alors commença la grande session sacrificielle de Dakṣa. Voyant les cohortes des dieux rassemblées en ce puissant sacrifice de Dakṣa—
Narrator (Skanda-to-Agastya frame implied; verse is mid-sentence leading into the next)
Scene: A panoramic arrival of deva-hosts—Indra, Maruts, Ādityas, Vasus—descending to a blazing yajña pavilion; Dakṣa presiding, banners and ritual posts, offerings arranged.
Worldly grandeur and divine attendance do not guarantee spiritual purity; the inner alignment with dharma is decisive.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is the commencement of a major yajña.
The formal commencement (pravṛtti) of a mahādhvara with the gathering of divine participants.