अग्निरुवाच । एतज्जलाशयं पुण्यं मन्नाम्ना तीर्थमुत्तमम् । ख्यातिं यातु धरापृष्ठे युष्माकं हि प्रसादतः
agniruvāca | etajjalāśayaṃ puṇyaṃ mannāmnā tīrthamuttamam | khyātiṃ yātu dharāpṛṣṭhe yuṣmākaṃ hi prasādataḥ
Agni dit : «Que ce réservoir d’eau sacré devienne un tīrtha excellent portant mon nom, et que, par votre grâce, il acquière renommée sur la terre.»
Agni
Tirtha: Agnitīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Devas
Scene: Agni speaks, pointing toward a shining reservoir, requesting that it become famed on earth as the supreme tīrtha bearing his name by the devas’ grace.
Sacred sites become ‘tīrthas’ through divine sanction, turning geography into a path for purification and merit.
Agnitīrtha—the holy water-reservoir to be famed by Agni’s name.
Not explicitly here; it establishes the tīrtha’s identity and renown, preparing for later snāna/dāna merits.