Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 97
ततस्तस्याः पुनः प्रीतः स्वय मेव हुताशनः । तद्दृष्ट्वा दुष्करं कर्म वचनं चेदमब्रवीत्
tatastasyāḥ punaḥ prītaḥ svaya meva hutāśanaḥ | taddṛṣṭvā duṣkaraṃ karma vacanaṃ cedamabravīt
Alors Hutaśana (le Feu) lui-même, de nouveau satisfait d’elle, voyant cet acte difficile, prononça ces paroles.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (addressed as ‘O Great Goddess’ in the passage context)
Scene: At the seashore of Prabhāsa, Hutaśana (Agni) appears in a radiant form, observing a formidable act of resolve; the moment freezes as the deity prepares to speak a boon-granting sentence.
FAQs
When dharmic, world-sustaining actions are performed, even cosmic deities acknowledge and bless the doer—affirming the value of difficult righteous deeds.
The verse continues the Prabhāsa-ocean narrative setting; the focus is Agni’s pleased response rather than naming a new tīrtha.
None in this verse; it introduces Agni’s forthcoming speech after witnessing a formidable act.