Varaha Purana 18.25: Adhyaya 18, Shloka 25
The Origin of Fire and the Liturgical Names of Agni
अगस् तिरोभवेन्नित्यं निःशब्दो निश्चयात्मकः । अगस्त्वं सर्वगत्वाच्च तेनाग्निस्त्वं भविष्यसि ॥ १८.२५ ॥
agas tirobhavennityaṃ niḥśabdo niścayātmakaḥ | agastvaṃ sarvagatvāc ca tenāgnistvaṃ bhaviṣyasi || 18.25 ||
अगस का मतलब है जो छुपा रहता है, जिसमें आवाज़ नहीं होती। तुम सब जगह हो, इसलिए तुम अग्नि बनोगे।
Varāha (default, as primary instructor in the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic, nirukti-like (etymological) mode of explanation, illustrating how Sanskrit texts often connect names/terms with philosophical attributes through wordplay and semantic derivation.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse fragment; the focus is on etymology and elemental (agni) characterization rather than a named place.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical instruction: qualities such as steadiness/certainty and pervasive presence are linked—through textual reasoning—to a transformative identity (here, association with agni).
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