The Hindu Temple v1.c6.s3.38

v1.c6.s3.38

The ‘Skanda Purāṇa’, ib., CXXXII, 15, says: “the Bhūta is born from the hymn (sūkta) of Atharvan and the drop of nectar.”⁴⁰ The reference of the ‘Skanda Purāṇa’ is to Atharva Veda IV. 14. 1-3. “Since the goat has been born from the heat of Agni, it saw (its) generator in the beginning; by it the gods in the beginning attained (their) Godhead; by it the sacrificial ones ascended the ascents”. “Stride ye with the fire to mid-air, having got to the back of the firmament, to heaven, sit ye mingled with the gods”. “From the back of the earth I have ascended to the atmosphere; from the atmosphere I have ascended to heaven; from the back of heaven I have gone to light.”