Shloka 62
Matsya Purana — War of Devas and Asuras; Birth of Aurva Fire; Countering Tamasī Māyā through ...
एवमस्त्विति तं सो ऽग्निः संवृतज्वालमण्डलः प्रविवेशार्णवमुखं प्रक्षिप्य पितरि प्रभाम् //
evamastviti taṃ so 'gniḥ saṃvṛtajvālamaṇḍalaḥ praviveśārṇavamukhaṃ prakṣipya pitari prabhām //
“So be it,” said he; and that Fire—its circle of flames drawn in—entered the mouth of the ocean, having cast its radiance into the Father (Pitṛ).
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It depicts a dissolution-like withdrawal: Agni contracts its flaming sphere and merges into the ocean, suggesting the re-absorption of elemental powers during cosmic change.
By highlighting Pitṛ-linked radiance, it supports the Purāṇic ethic that householders and rulers sustain cosmic order through śrāddha and ancestral rites, which are treated as stabilizing forces in society.
Ritually, it emphasizes Agni as the carrier of offerings and ‘radiance’ toward the Pitṛs; symbolically, it aligns with purification logic used in temple/rite manuals—Agni’s controlled power is invoked to consecrate spaces and offerings.