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 |
ಆ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಗ್ನಿದೇವನು ಕಾಣದೆ ಹೋದಾಗ, ಇಂದ್ರ ಸಹಿತ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ದೇವರುಗಳು ತೀವ್ರ ದುಃಖದಿಂದ ಅವನನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕಲು ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದರು। ನಂತರ ಅವರು ಅಗ್ನಿತೀರ್ಥವನ್ನು ತಲುಪಿ, ಅಗ್ನಿ ಶಮೀ ವೃಕ್ಷದ ಗರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ (ಒಳಹೊಲ್ಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ) ಅಡಗಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಕಂಡರು।
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.