Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
आदित्यानां वसूनां च रुद्राणां मरुतामपि । यज्ञभागकृते विप्राः शुक्रशासनमाश्रिताः
ādityānāṃ vasūnāṃ ca rudrāṇāṃ marutāmapi | yajñabhāgakṛte viprāḥ śukraśāsanamāśritāḥ
Pour attribuer les parts sacrificielles dues aux Āditya, aux Vasu, aux Rudra et aussi aux Marut, les brāhmanes agirent sous l’ordonnance et l’autorité de Śukra.
Narrator (implied Purāṇic narration; explicit speaker not stated in this verse)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas in a celestial sacrificial hall allocate yajña portions to deva-groups, but under Śukra’s command; offerings arranged, fire altar blazing, deva emblems present yet authority shifted.
FAQs
Ritual distribution (yajña-bhāga) reflects cosmic hierarchy; when authority shifts, the sacrificial order itself becomes contested.
The verse belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya sequence within Nāgara Khaṇḍa, though it discusses yajña administration rather than a local tīrtha act.
It references yajña-bhāga—allocation of offerings/shares to divine groups—under Śukra’s directive.