Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41
सुदर्शनाया लाभेन परितुष्टो हुताशनः । ज्वलते सन्निधौ नित्यं माहिष्मत्यां युधिष्ठिर
sudarśanāyā lābhena parituṣṭo hutāśanaḥ | jvalate sannidhau nityaṃ māhiṣmatyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira
सुदर्शनाया प्राप्त झाल्याने संतुष्ट होऊन हुताशन (अग्निदेव), हे युधिष्ठिर, माहिष्मतीत सदा सन्निधानी प्रज्वलित राहतो।
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.