Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 98
अच्छावाकश्च शाकल्यो ग्रावस्थः क्रतुरेव च । प्रस्थाता प्रतिपूर्वो यः शालंकायन एव च
acchāvākaśca śākalyo grāvasthaḥ kratureva ca | prasthātā pratipūrvo yaḥ śālaṃkāyana eva ca
សាកល្យៈ ត្រូវបានតែងតាំងជាអច្ឆាវាក (Acchāvāka); ក្រតុ ត្រូវបានតែងតាំងជាក្រាវស្ថ (Grāvastha)។ ប្រតិបូರ್ವៈ ត្រូវបានធ្វើជាប្រាស្ថាត្រ (Prasthātṛ) ហើយ សាលង្គាយនៈ ក៏ត្រូវបានតែងតាំងតាមតួនាទីរបស់គាត់ដែរ។
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame typical)
Scene: Assistants manage soma-pressing stones and chant-support: Śākalya as Acchāvāka recites supporting verses; Kratu as Grāvastha oversees pressing stones; Pratipūrva as Prasthātṛ guides movements; Śālaṃkāyana stands with ritual checklist/implements.
FAQs
Sacred work is perfected through specialization—each ritual function supports the whole, reflecting cosmic order.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as a premier site where yajña is conducted with full Vedic staffing.
It continues the enumeration of ṛtvij functions, including Acchāvāka, Grāvastha, and Prasthātṛ.