Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64
अग्निरुवाच । अयं जलाशयः पुण्यो मन्नाम्ना पृथिवीतले । ख्यातिं यातु चतुर्वक्त्र वह्नितीर्थमिति स्मृतम्
agniruvāca | ayaṃ jalāśayaḥ puṇyo mannāmnā pṛthivītale | khyātiṃ yātu caturvaktra vahnitīrthamiti smṛtam
अग्निरुवाच—“चतुर्वक्त्र, अयं पुण्यो जलाशयः पृथिवीतले मन्नाम्ना ख्यातिं यातु; ‘वह्नितीर्थम्’ इति स्मृतो भवतु।”
Agni
Tirtha: Vahnitīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: Agni, personified, petitions Brahmā: ‘Let this sacred reservoir on earth be famed by my name—known as Vahnitīrtha.’
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes a bridge to merit when sanctified by divine association and remembered through sacred naming.
Vahnitīrtha—“the ford/sacred bathing place of Agni,” a holy reservoir established in this chapter.
No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s name and sanctity.