Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29
हव्यवाहमुखे सर्वे ते यास्यन्त्यविचारितम् । मातुस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सर्वे चैव भुजङ्गमाः
havyavāhamukhe sarve te yāsyantyavicāritam | mātustadvacanaṃ śrutvā sarve caiva bhujaṅgamāḥ
मातेचे ते वचन ऐकून सर्व भुजंग क्षणभरही विचार न करता हव्यवाह (अग्नी)च्या मुखात धावून जाण्यास प्रवृत्त झाले।
Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A mass of serpents surge toward a blazing sacrificial fire whose flames form a gaping ‘mouth’—Havyavāha—while the mother’s command hangs over them; tragedy is imminent.
FAQs
Fear and compulsion can drive beings toward ruin; dharma emphasizes discernment (vicāra) rather than rash action.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative setup within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
None; Agni is referenced mythologically, not as a ritual instruction here.