Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
शक्तींश्चैव वसूंश्चैव ग्रहान्यज्ञादिदेवताः । नमस्कृत्य शुभान्विप्रान्कविमुख्यांश्च सर्वशः
śaktīṃścaiva vasūṃścaiva grahānyajñādidevatāḥ | namaskṛtya śubhānviprānkavimukhyāṃśca sarvaśaḥ
शक्ती, वसू, ग्रह तसेच यज्ञादि कर्मांचे अधिष्ठातृ देव यांना नमस्कार करून, आणि सर्व प्रकारे शुभ ब्राह्मण व श्रेष्ठ कवी-ऋषींना वंदन करून (मी पुढे सांगतो)।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Listener: ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Sūta’s salutations expand outward: subtle iconographic hints of Śaktis (feminine energies), eight Vasus, nine Grahas in a celestial arc, and yajña-devatās around a symbolic altar; brāhmaṇas and poet-sages receive reverence in the foreground.
FAQs
Dharma begins with reverence—honoring divine forces and the learned guardians of sacred speech and ritual.
No specific site is mentioned; it is a universal invocation prior to narration.
It implies the customary practice of offering salutations to presiding deities of yajña and to brāhmaṇas before commencing sacred recitation.