Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
सूत उवाच । ततः प्रभृति ते जाता मरुतो विबुधैः समम् । यज्ञभागस्य भोक्तारो दितेः शक्रस्य शासनात्
sūta uvāca | tataḥ prabhṛti te jātā maruto vibudhaiḥ samam | yajñabhāgasya bhoktāro diteḥ śakrasya śāsanāt
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അന്നുമുതൽ ദിതിയിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ച ആ മരുതന്മാർ ദേവന്മാരോടു സമസ്ഥാനരായി; ശക്രന്റെ ആജ്ഞപ്രകാരം യാഗഭാഗം സ്വീകരിക്കുന്നവരായി।
Sūta
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: A celestial assembly where the Maruts, newly acknowledged, stand among the devas while Indra presides; sacrificial fire and offering-ladles symbolize yajña-bhāga being granted.
FAQs
Divine order can transform conflict into cosmic function, assigning rightful roles and shares even to those from contested origins.
The verse supports the tīrtha-māhātmya by recounting the sacred mythic events tied to the locale of Adhyāya 22.
It references yajña-bhāga (sacrificial shares), implying the Vedic-sacrificial framework, but gives no direct injunction.