Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41
सुदर्शनाया लाभेन परितुष्टो हुताशनः । ज्वलते सन्निधौ नित्यं माहिष्मत्यां युधिष्ठिर
sudarśanāyā lābhena parituṣṭo hutāśanaḥ | jvalate sannidhau nityaṃ māhiṣmatyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira
ដោយបានសុទർശនា ហុតាសនៈ (ព្រះអគ្គី) ក៏ពេញព្រះហឫទ័យ ហើយនៅទីក្រុងមាហិષ្មតី ព្រះអគ្គីភ្លឺឆេះជិតស្និទ្ធជានិច្ច ឱយុធិષ્ઠិរ។
Narrator addressing Yudhiṣṭhira (listener)
Tirtha: Agnitīrtha (at Māhiṣmatī)
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Agni, pleased, blazes steadily near Māhiṣmatī; the riverbank and city silhouette frame an ever-burning sacred flame, suggesting a perpetual altar by the Revā.
FAQs
When dharma is fulfilled, divine forces become steady protectors—Agni’s abiding presence symbolizes sanctified order.
Māhiṣmatī is explicitly praised as the place where Agni remains ever-present.
No direct prescription here; it states the enduring sacred presence (nitya-sannidhi) of Agni at the place.