Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
अयमग्निर्गृहपतिर्गार्हपत्यः प्रजाया वसुवित्तमः । अग्ने गृहपतेभिद्युम्नमभि सह आयच्छस्व
ayamagnirgṛhapatirgārhapatyaḥ prajāyā vasuvittamaḥ | agne gṛhapatebhidyumnamabhi saha āyacchasva
हा अग्नी गृहपति आहे—गार्हपत्य अग्नी—जो वंशासाठी धन व समृद्धी देणारा श्रेष्ठ दाता आहे. हे अग्ने, हे गृहपते, आम्हांस एकत्र द्युम्नयुक्त तेज प्रदान कर.
Skanda (quoting Śruti/mantra; deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A sanctified Kāśī household/āśrama space with a circular gārhapatya fire altar; a priest recites while offerings are made; the fire is personified as a dignified ‘Gṛhapati’ bestowing golden radiance and prosperity.
FAQs
Agni as Gṛhapati embodies ordered household dharma—prosperity and spiritual radiance arise from honoring the sacred fire with mantra.
No single tīrtha is named in the verse; it appears within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered narrative.
Invocation of the Gārhapatya (domestic) fire through a Śruti-mantra, seeking wealth, progeny, and dīpti (splendor).