Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64
अग्निरुवाच । अयं जलाशयः पुण्यो मन्नाम्ना पृथिवीतले । ख्यातिं यातु चतुर्वक्त्र वह्नितीर्थमिति स्मृतम्
agniruvāca | ayaṃ jalāśayaḥ puṇyo mannāmnā pṛthivītale | khyātiṃ yātu caturvaktra vahnitīrthamiti smṛtam
Agni dit : «Ô Toi aux quatre visages, que ce réservoir sacré sur la terre devienne célèbre par mon nom, et qu’on s’en souvienne comme de “Vahnitīrtha”.»
Agni
Tirtha: Vahnitīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: Agni, personified, petitions Brahmā: ‘Let this sacred reservoir on earth be famed by my name—known as Vahnitīrtha.’
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes a bridge to merit when sanctified by divine association and remembered through sacred naming.
Vahnitīrtha—“the ford/sacred bathing place of Agni,” a holy reservoir established in this chapter.
No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s name and sanctity.