Shloka 583
Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
देवतानां मुखं वीर ज्वलनो5निलसारथि: । राजेन्द्र! तदनन्तर उत्तम प्रभासतीर्थमें जाय। वीर! उस तीर्थमें देवताओंके मुखस्वरूप भगवान् अग्निदेव, जिनके सारथि वायु हैं, सदा निवास करते हैं
devatānāṁ mukhaṁ vīra jvalano ’nila-sārathiḥ | rājendra! tad-anantaraṁ uttama-prabhāsa-tīrtheṁ yāhi | vīra! tasmin tīrthe devatānāṁ mukha-svarūpaḥ bhagavān agnidevaḥ, yasya sārathiḥ vāyuḥ, sadā nivāsati |
Dijo Ghūlastya: “Oh héroe, Agni—el Dios del Fuego, fulgurante, cuyo auriga es Vāyu—es la ‘boca’ de los dioses, pues por medio de él reciben las ofrendas. Oh rey entre reyes, después de esto debes dirigirte al excelente tīrtha de Prabhāsa. Oh valiente, en ese vado sagrado mora por siempre el venerable Agni, que encarna la boca de los dioses.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Agni is described as the ‘mouth of the gods’ because offerings in sacrifice reach the deities through fire; the passage reinforces reverence for Vedic ritual order and the dharmic value of pilgrimage to sanctified places where divine presence is affirmed.
The speaker instructs the hero/king to proceed next to the sacred site Prabhāsa, explaining its greatness by noting that Agni—identified with the gods’ receiving mouth and attended by Vāyu as charioteer—abides there continually.