Shloka 19
बदरपाचन-तीर्थमाहात्म्यम् | Badarapācana Tīrtha Māhātmya
Indratīrtha and the Austerities of Srucāvatī & Arundhatī
अन्वैषन्त तदा नष्ट ज्वलनं भृशदु:खिता: । उस समय अग्निदेवके दिखायी न देनेपर इन्द्रसहित सम्पूर्ण देवता बहुत दुःखी हो उनकी खोज करने लगे ।। ततोडग्नितीर्थमासाद्य शमीगर्भस्थमेव हि
anvaiṣanta tadā naṣṭa-jvalanaṃ bhṛśa-duḥkhitāḥ | us samaya agnidevake dikhāyī na denepara indra-sahita sampūrṇa devatā bahu duḥkhī ho unakī khoja karane lage || tato ’gni-tīrtham āsādya śamī-garbha-stham eva hi |
उस समय अग्निदेव के दिखाई न देने पर इन्द्रसहित सम्पूर्ण देवता अत्यन्त दुःखी होकर उनकी खोज करने लगे। फिर वे अग्नितीर्थ पर पहुँचे और देखा कि वे शमी-वृक्ष के गर्भ (खोखल) में ही छिपे हुए हैं।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even divine powers are portrayed as operating within moral and ritual order: the gods respond to Agni’s disappearance with collective responsibility and seek him at a tīrtha, highlighting the sanctity of sacred places and the symbolic role of Agni—especially his association with the śamī tree in Vedic-ritual imagination.
Agni becomes unseen/vanishes, causing Indra and the other gods great distress. They search for him and, upon reaching Agni-tīrtha, discover that he is hidden within a śamī tree.