Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
आदित्यानां वसूनां च रुद्राणां मरुतामपि । यज्ञभागकृते विप्राः शुक्रशासनमाश्रिताः
ādityānāṃ vasūnāṃ ca rudrāṇāṃ marutāmapi | yajñabhāgakṛte viprāḥ śukraśāsanamāśritāḥ
ആദിത്യർ, വസുക്കൾ, രുദ്രർ, മരുതുകൾ—ഇവർക്കുള്ള യജ്ഞഭാഗം നിശ്ചയിക്കുന്നതിനായി ബ്രാഹ്മണർ ശുക്രാചാര്യന്റെ ശാസനാധീനരായി പ്രവർത്തിച്ചു।
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.