मरीचिरत्रि पुलहः पुलस्त्यः क्रतुरंगिराः । वसिष्ठः कश्यपश्चाहं विभांडो मांडवीसुतः
marīciratri pulahaḥ pulastyaḥ kraturaṃgirāḥ | vasiṣṭhaḥ kaśyapaścāhaṃ vibhāṃḍo māṃḍavīsutaḥ
மரீசி, அத்ரி, புலஹ, புலஸ்த்ய, க்ரது, அங்கிரஸ்; வசிஷ்டர், காச்யபர், நானும்—மாண்டவியின் புதல்வன் விபாண்டனும்—அனைவரும் அங்கே கூடியிருந்தனர்।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya; verse lists sages as attendees)
The presence of the foremost ṛṣis functions as scriptural endorsement: Kāśī is validated as a supreme dharma-field by the highest spiritual authorities.
Kāśī, implicitly as the gathering place of the greatest sages.
None stated; the verse is a roll-call establishing the sanctity of the occasion.