Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 101
तमुष्टवामेति मंत्रेण पूजयेत्सुरसुन्दरि । अग्निमीऌए पुरोहितमाग्नेयं शृंगमर्चयेत्
tamuṣṭavāmeti maṃtreṇa pūjayetsurasundari | agnimīḷe purohitamāgneyaṃ śṛṃgamarcayet
ஓ தேவலோக அழகியே, ‘தமுஷ்டவாம்…’ மந்திரத்தால் பூஜிக்க வேண்டும். மேலும் ‘அக்னிமீளே புரோஹிதம்’ மந்திரத்தால் ஆக்னேய (தென்-கிழக்கு) சிகரத்தை அர்ச்சிக்க வேண்டும்.
Skanda (deduced from instructional address to a divine lady)
Tirtha: Āgneya-śṛṅga of Aṣṭaśṛṅga (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: peak
Listener: Mahādevī (addressed as sura-sundarī)
Scene: At the southeastern peak, a small sacred fire or lamp is implied; the worshipper chants the famed Agni verse while offering flowers/incense, the scene glowing with tejas.
FAQs
The sacred field is honored through Vedic remembrance—each direction is sanctified by invoking its presiding divine power.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Āgneya-śṛṅga, the southeastern sacred summit associated with Agni.
Pūjā of the Āgneya peak using the Vedic opening to Agni (“agnim īḷe…”) along with another praise-mantra (“tamuṣṭavām…”).