Mantra 8
Sukta 7
यत् परममवमं यच्च मध्यमं प्रजापतिः ससृजे विश्वरूपम्। कियता स्कम्भः प्र विवेश तत्र यन्न प्राविशत् कियत् तद् बभूव
yát paramám avamáṃ yác ca madhyamáṃ prajā́patiḥ sasṛjé viśvárūpam | kíyatā skambháḥ prá viveśa tátra yán ná prā́viśat kíyat tád babhūva ||
What highest, what lowest, and what is middle—Prajāpati created, of universal form: by what measure did Skambha enter therein? what, that he entered not—how great was that become?
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (Skambha hymn complex).
Devata: Skambha (brahman) with Prajāpati as subordinate creator-agent.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence is possible in parts, but the Saunaka tradition commonly scans this section as mixed; often catalogued under anuṣṭubh/triṣṭubh variability in speculative hymns.
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