Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । अग्नितीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्पावनं परमं नृणाम् । तत्र वह्निः पुरा नष्टो लब्धश्च त्रिदशैरपि
pulastya uvāca | agnitīrthaṃ tato gacchetpāvanaṃ paramaṃ nṛṇām | tatra vahniḥ purā naṣṭo labdhaśca tridaśairapi
पुलस्त्य जी बोले: इसके पश्चात मनुष्यों को परम पवित्र करने वाले अग्नितीर्थ जाना चाहिए। प्राचीन काल में वहां अग्निदेव लुप्त हो गए थे और देवताओं द्वारा पुनः प्राप्त किए गए थे।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Agni-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: (King) Yayāti
Scene: Pulastya points the pilgrim onward to Agni-tīrtha; in the background a luminous fire-altar motif and a coastal/riverine ford; devas searching and then beholding Agni reappearing as a radiant flame.
FAQs
Agni-tīrtha is proclaimed as a supreme purifier, and its sanctity is validated by a divine episode involving Agni himself.
Agni-tīrtha (the sacred ford associated with Agni/Vahni) within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
A tīrtha-visit is prescribed: “one should go” to Agni-tīrtha; the implied practice is pilgrimage and purification.