Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65
सा चाश्वत्थः शमीगर्भः समभूदधुना त्विह । तस्मादेनं समादाय वह्निरूपमहं पुरम्
sā cāśvatthaḥ śamīgarbhaḥ samabhūdadhunā tviha | tasmādenaṃ samādāya vahnirūpamahaṃ puram
“Kini, api itu sendiri telah menjadi aśvattha di dalam śamī. Oleh itu, dengan mengambil kayu ini, aku akan menzahirkan rupa Agni dan kembali ke kota.”
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual)
Listener: Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas (implied)
Scene: Purūravas speaks with certainty: the former fire has now taken the form of aśvattha within śamī; he reaches to take the wood, envisioning the return of fire’s form and his return to the city.
FAQs
When outer instruments fail, dharma reveals its inner means; sacred knowledge turns nature itself into a support for right worship.
Setukṣetra’s agni-sthāna is implied as a charged locale where the ‘form of Agni’ is recoverable through sacred trees.
Taking suitable araṇi-wood (linked with śamī/aśvattha) for producing the sacred fire.
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