Shloka 583
Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
देवतानां मुखं वीर ज्वलनो5निलसारथि: । राजेन्द्र! तदनन्तर उत्तम प्रभासतीर्थमें जाय। वीर! उस तीर्थमें देवताओंके मुखस्वरूप भगवान् अग्निदेव, जिनके सारथि वायु हैं, सदा निवास करते हैं
devatānāṁ mukhaṁ vīra jvalano ’nila-sārathiḥ | rājendra! tad-anantaraṁ uttama-prabhāsa-tīrtheṁ yāhi | vīra! tasmin tīrthe devatānāṁ mukha-svarūpaḥ bhagavān agnidevaḥ, yasya sārathiḥ vāyuḥ, sadā nivāsati |
グーラースティヤ（Ghūlastya）は言った。「勇士よ、アグニ（Agni）—燃えさかる火神にして、風神ヴァーユ（Vāyu）を御者とする者—こそ諸神の『口』である。供物は彼を通して諸神に受け取られるからだ。諸王の王よ、この後は最勝のティールタ、プラバーサ（Prabhāsa）へ赴くがよい。勇敢なる者よ、その聖地には、諸神の口を体現する尊きアグニが常住している。」
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Agni is described as the ‘mouth of the gods’ because offerings in sacrifice reach the deities through fire; the passage reinforces reverence for Vedic ritual order and the dharmic value of pilgrimage to sanctified places where divine presence is affirmed.
The speaker instructs the hero/king to proceed next to the sacred site Prabhāsa, explaining its greatness by noting that Agni—identified with the gods’ receiving mouth and attended by Vāyu as charioteer—abides there continually.