Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
वह्निरुवाच । अभक्ष्यभक्षणे शक्रो मामिच्छति नियोजितुम् । तेनैव न करोत्येष वृष्टिं मर्त्त्ये सुरेश्वरः
vahniruvāca | abhakṣyabhakṣaṇe śakro māmicchati niyojitum | tenaiva na karotyeṣa vṛṣṭiṃ marttye sureśvaraḥ
ਵਹਿਨ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: ਸ਼ਕ੍ਰ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਅਭੱਖ੍ਯ ਦੇ ਭੱਖਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਗਾਉਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਦੇਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਮਰਤ ਲੋਕ ਉੱਤੇ ਵਰਖਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਦਾ।
Agni (Vahni)
Tirtha: Arbuda-nirjhara
Type: kund
Scene: Agni speaks firmly, flames rising as if in indignation; Indra stands tense, devas watch anxiously; clouds above are withheld, the land below implied parched.
FAQs
Adharma (forcing the impure/forbidden) rebounds onto the world as disorder—ethical violations can manifest as ecological and social crisis.
No direct tirtha praise; the scene remains set near the Arbuda nirjhara where Agni explains the cause of drought.
Implicitly, it reinforces śuddhi rules: abhakṣya (forbidden items) should not be consumed or offered; otherwise cosmic harmony (including rain) is impaired.
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