Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
अग्निरुवाच । एतज्जलाशयं पुण्यं मन्नाम्ना तीर्थमुत्तमम् । ख्यातिं यातु धरापृष्ठे युष्माकं हि प्रसादतः
agniruvāca | etajjalāśayaṃ puṇyaṃ mannāmnā tīrthamuttamam | khyātiṃ yātu dharāpṛṣṭhe yuṣmākaṃ hi prasādataḥ
अग्नि म्हणाला—हे पुण्य जलाशय माझ्या नावाने उत्तम तीर्थ होवो; तुमच्या प्रसादाने पृथ्वीवर याची कीर्ती पसरू दे.
Agni
Tirtha: Agnitīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Devas
Scene: Agni speaks, pointing toward a shining reservoir, requesting that it become famed on earth as the supreme tīrtha bearing his name by the devas’ grace.
FAQs
Sacred sites become ‘tīrthas’ through divine sanction, turning geography into a path for purification and merit.
Agnitīrtha—the holy water-reservoir to be famed by Agni’s name.
Not explicitly here; it establishes the tīrtha’s identity and renown, preparing for later snāna/dāna merits.