Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
ब्राह्मणांश्च समाहूय सोमाध्यक्षं उवाच तान् । यज्ञांगं सर्वमानीतं मया सोमाज्ञया द्विजाः । अनंतरं तु यत्कृत्यं भवद्भिस्तद्विधीयताम्
brāhmaṇāṃśca samāhūya somādhyakṣaṃ uvāca tān | yajñāṃgaṃ sarvamānītaṃ mayā somājñayā dvijāḥ | anaṃtaraṃ tu yatkṛtyaṃ bhavadbhistadvidhīyatām
பிராமணர்களை அழைத்து சோமாத்யக்ஷன் கூறினான்— “ஓ த்விஜர்களே, சோமனின் ஆணையால் யாகத்தின் எல்லா அங்கங்களையும் நான் கொண்டு வந்தேன். இனி செய்யவேண்டியதை நீங்கள் விதிப்படி நிறைவேற்றுங்கள்।”
Somādhyakṣa (Soma’s superintendent/overseer)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience within the Purāṇic frame (traditionally sages)
Scene: A Soma-appointed superintendent stands before assembled brāhmaṇas, indicating neatly arranged yajña-saṃbhāra—vessels, ladles, kuśa, samidh, clarified butter—inviting them to begin the next prescribed act.
FAQs
Sacred rites succeed through right order (vidhi): resources are gathered, and qualified priests complete the prescribed acts.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the ritual ground where the yajña is being organized.
Yajña-aṅga collection and the instruction to proceed with the next prescribed ritual steps under brāhmaṇic guidance.