Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65
सा चाश्वत्थः शमीगर्भः समभूदधुना त्विह । तस्मादेनं समादाय वह्निरूपमहं पुरम्
sā cāśvatthaḥ śamīgarbhaḥ samabhūdadhunā tviha | tasmādenaṃ samādāya vahnirūpamahaṃ puram
«Et maintenant, ici, ce même (feu) est devenu un aśvattha au sein du śamī. Aussi, prenant ce bois, je ferai paraître la forme d’Agni et retournerai à la cité».
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual)
Listener: Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas (implied)
Scene: Purūravas speaks with certainty: the former fire has now taken the form of aśvattha within śamī; he reaches to take the wood, envisioning the return of fire’s form and his return to the city.
FAQs
When outer instruments fail, dharma reveals its inner means; sacred knowledge turns nature itself into a support for right worship.
Setukṣetra’s agni-sthāna is implied as a charged locale where the ‘form of Agni’ is recoverable through sacred trees.
Taking suitable araṇi-wood (linked with śamī/aśvattha) for producing the sacred fire.