Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
कृच्छ्रादहं विनिष्क्रांतस्तस्मान्मृत्युमुखात्सुराः । तच्छ्रुत्वा यत्नमास्थाय प्रविष्टो हव्यवाहनः
kṛcchrādahaṃ viniṣkrāṃtastasmānmṛtyumukhātsurāḥ | tacchrutvā yatnamāsthāya praviṣṭo havyavāhanaḥ
“ഹേ സുരന്മാരേ! ആ മരണമുഖത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഞാൻ മഹാകഷ്ടത്തോടെ രക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു പുറത്തുവന്നു.” ഇത് കേട്ട് ഹവ്യവാഹനൻ (അഗ്നി) പരിശ്രമിച്ച് അകത്ത് പ്രവേശിച്ചു.
Frog (Dardura) addressing the Devas; narration continues via Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda-nirjhara / tejas-jala (contextual)
Type: ghat
Scene: A survivor recounts escaping the ‘mouth of death’ to the devas; then Agni, as Havyavāhana, gathers strength and enters the perilous cascade/spring with determined radiance.
FAQs
Survival from peril is framed as grace and warning; the narrative stresses attentive hearing and purposeful effort in dharmic pursuits.
The perilous water-cascade region on Arbuda mountain—marked by extraordinary heat—is central to the place’s māhātmya.
None; the verse continues the account of signs and dangers surrounding Agni’s concealment.