Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72
अग्निमीडेति वेदोक्तप्रभावः सुरसुंदरि । कालाग्निरुद्रनामा च देवैः सर्वैरुदाहृतम्
agnimīḍeti vedoktaprabhāvaḥ surasuṃdari | kālāgnirudranāmā ca devaiḥ sarvairudāhṛtam
হে সুরসুন্দরী, বেদে ‘অগ্নিম্ ঈডে’ বাক্যে যে প্রভাব বলা হয়েছে, সকল দেবতা তাকে ‘কালাগ্নিরুদ্র’ নামে অভিহিত করেন।
Śiva (addressing a goddess; consistent with sureśvarī/surasuṃdarī vocatives nearby)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Kālāgnirudra-bhāva)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī addressed as ‘surasundarī’
Scene: A goddess listens as the speaker points to a sacred fire/inner flame; above it, the words ‘agnim īḍe’ appear as a luminous script transforming into the form of Kālāgnirudra—Rudra wreathed in time-fire yet serene in authority.
FAQs
The Purāṇa harmonizes Vedic praise of Agni with Śaiva theology, interpreting that power as Kālāgnirudra.
Indirectly Prabhāsa-kṣetra, since Kālāgnirudra/Bhairava is being established there in the surrounding passage.
No direct prescription; it references Vedic praise (‘agnim īḍe’) as theological grounding.