Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70
तथेति मत्वा वचनं महाप्रभः स जातवेदाः परमेण वर्चसा । समुज्ज्वलंस्तत्र महाप्रभावो ब्राह्मे मुहूर्त्ते हि सचोपविष्टः
tatheti matvā vacanaṃ mahāprabhaḥ sa jātavedāḥ parameṇa varcasā | samujjvalaṃstatra mahāprabhāvo brāhme muhūrtte hi sacopaviṣṭaḥ
Ayant accueilli l’injonction par « Qu’il en soit ainsi », le Puissant—Jātavedas (Agni)—d’une splendeur suprême, s’embrasa là avec une grande majesté; puis, à l’heure du brāhma-muhūrta, il s’assit pour accomplir l’ordonnance.
Purāṇic narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Agni, blazing with supreme splendour, accepts Śiva’s command and sits at dawn (brahma-muhūrta) in focused posture; the sky is pre-sunrise indigo; devas watch as the ordinance begins to take effect.
FAQs
Obedience to divine instruction and acting at auspicious times (brāhma-muhūrta) amplify spiritual efficacy and sacred power.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting foregrounds the Himalayan Kedāra sacred landscape where divine acts manifest tangibly.
An implicit emphasis is placed on brāhma-muhūrta as a favored time for spiritual acts, though no specific rite is commanded in this verse.