Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
सूत उवाच । अत्र वः कीर्तयिष्यामि कथां पातकनाशिनीम् । अग्नितीर्थसमुद्भूतां सर्वसौख्यावहां शुभाम्
sūta uvāca | atra vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm | agnitīrthasamudbhūtāṃ sarvasaukhyāvahāṃ śubhām
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഇവിടെ ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളോട് പാപനാശിനിയായ ഒരു കഥ പ്രസ്താവിക്കും; അത് അഗ്നിതീർത്ഥവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട് ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചതും, മംഗളകരവും, സർവ്വസുഖപ്രദവുമാണ്।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta-narrator)
Tirtha: Agnitīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta raises his hand in assurance, beginning the Agnitīrtha tale; behind him a riverbank glows with a sacred fire altar, suggesting Agni’s presence and the cleansing power of flame and water together.
FAQs
Tīrtha-māhātmya is portrayed as transformative: hearing the sacred account linked to a holy site destroys sin and generates auspicious well-being.
Agnitīrtha is explicitly named as the source-context of the forthcoming purifying narrative.
No direct ritual is stated; the merit here is attached to kīrtana/śravaṇa—proclaiming and hearing the tīrtha narrative.