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x. 7- 2. From what member of him flames Agni? from what member blows (pū) Mātariçvan? from what member doth the moon measure out, measuring the member of great Skambha?

3. In what member of him is situated the earth? in what member is situated the atmosphere? in what member is the sky set? in what member is situated what is beyond the sky?

4. Whither desiring to attain does Agni flame aloft? whither desiring to attain blows Mātariçvan? whither desiring to attain, the turns (āvṛ́t) go, that Skambha tell [me]: which forsooth is he?

5. Whither go the half-months, whither the months, in concord with the year? whither the seasons go, whither they of the seasons, that Skambha tell [me]: which forsooth is he?

6. Whither desiring to attain run in concord the two maidens (yuvatí) of diverse form, day-and-night? whither desiring to attain, the waters go, that Skambha tell [me]: which forsooth is he?

7. In what, having established [them], Prajāpati maintained all the worlds, that Skambha tell [me]: which forsooth is he?

8. What that was highest, lowest, and what that was midmost Prajāpati created, of all forms—by how much did Skambha enter there? what did not enter, how much was that?

9. By how much did Skambha enter the existent? how much of him lies along that which will exist? what one member he made thousand-fold, by how much did Skambha enter there?