Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
अतोऽहं भूतलं त्यक्त्वा प्रविष्टो निर्झरे त्विह । प्रणष्टान्नरसे लोके न चाहं स्थातुमुत्सहे
ato'haṃ bhūtalaṃ tyaktvā praviṣṭo nirjhare tviha | praṇaṣṭānnarase loke na cāhaṃ sthātumutsahe
Maka aku meninggalkan permukaan bumi lalu masuk ke dalam air terjun ini. Dalam dunia yang telah lenyap sari kemanusiaan dan keluhuran dharma, aku tidak sanggup lagi untuk tinggal.
Agni (Vahni)
Tirtha: Agni-praviṣṭa Arbuda-nirjhara
Type: kund
Scene: Agni, dimmed yet pure, merges into the waterfall’s white torrent; devas look on in sorrow as the world below is implied to be morally barren and dry.
FAQs
When dharma and human integrity degrade, sustaining divine forces ‘withdraw’—a Purāṇic way of teaching collective responsibility.
The nirjhara (holy waterfall/spring) in Arbuda is foregrounded as Agni’s refuge, marking it as a sacralized landscape feature.
No direct rite; the verse implies purification and dharmic living as prerequisites for divine presence and prosperity.