Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67
अग्निष्टोमस्य यज्ञस्य सकलं लप्स्यते फलम् । अनेकजन्मजं पापं नाशमेष्यति पावक
agniṣṭomasya yajñasya sakalaṃ lapsyate phalam | anekajanmajaṃ pāpaṃ nāśameṣyati pāvaka
Il obtiendra le fruit entier du sacrifice Agniṣṭoma, et les péchés amassés au fil de nombreuses naissances iront à leur destruction, ô Pāvaka (Agni).
Brahmā (contextual continuation from 66)
Tirtha: Vahnitīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: A symbolic vision: the pilgrim’s dawn bath and mantra ignite an inner sacrificial fire; above, a radiant Agni appears, and the merit of an Agniṣṭoma is shown as a celestial scale tipping toward puṇya while dark karmic soot dissolves.
FAQs
Tīrtha-sevā joined with mantra and purity can confer great Vedic merit and deep moral purification.
Vahnitīrtha, whose practices are said to yield Agniṣṭoma-like fruit.
Implied continuation: snāna and Agni-sūkta japa at the tīrtha, yielding the fruit of Agniṣṭoma and destruction of accumulated sins.