Skandapurana 7.9.45_72

7.9.45_72

23 sīdhayantī - kha. . 24 nadanto (nte) - kha . 25 dānavāḥ - kha. . 26 nadīhāsti - kha. . 27 mā tvarī - kha. . 28 kaste - kha. . 29 prajānnaye - kha. . 30 apare (?) . 331 hityaṃ?, . 32 yodhaṃ - kha. . 33 sphoṭitā - kha. . 34 pravarddhanaṃ (?) . 35 jīvitāntakaraṇaṃ babhau -kha. . 36-39 kha . 1 statrogro (?) . 2 yaṣṭā - gha. . 3 devaṃ - kha. .
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saha devaiḥ surādhyakṣaḥ kuśāstasya śarā matāḥ .
āyudhāni vicitrāṇi sruvā4 yairhūyate haviḥ . .2 . .
haviḥ prāṇāḥ samākhyātā5 agnirmṛtyurmahāprabhā6 .
mantrāścāstrāṇi divyāni puroḍāśāḥ śirāṃsyapi . . 3 . .
somastatra jayobhūnnu7 rudrāścādhvaryavobhavan8 .
ādityā bahvṛcaścāsan hotraṃ ca9 vasubhiḥ kṛtam . .4..

Along with the gods, the lord of the gods [was the sacrificer]; his arrows were considered the kuśa grass. / The diverse weapons were the sruva-ladles with which the oblation was offered.
The vital breaths were declared to be the oblation; the great-splendored fire was death. / The divine missiles were the mantras, and the heads were the sacrificial cakes.
Soma there was victory, and the Rudras were the adhvaryu priests; / the Ādityas were the ṛgvedic reciters, and the hotṛ-office was performed by the Vasus.