Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 132
अग्निहोत्राणि यांत्वग्रे दीप्यमानानि सर्वशः । वाजपेयातिरात्राणि निर्यातु च ममाग्रतः
agnihotrāṇi yāṃtvagre dīpyamānāni sarvaśaḥ | vājapeyātirātrāṇi niryātu ca mamāgrataḥ
என் முன்னே அக்கினிஹோத்ர அக்கினிகள் எல்லாத் திசைகளிலும் ஜ்வலித்தபடி செல்லட்டும்; வாஜபேயமும் அதிராத்திர யாகங்களும் என் முன்பாகவே முன்னேறட்டும்।
Rāma (direct speech within Ayodhyāmāhātmya)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (yajña-bhūmi ambience)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/hearers of Ayodhyā-māhātmya
Scene: Rāma commands that blazing Agnihotra fires and the grandeur of Vājapeya and Atirātra rites symbolically go before him, turning departure into a moving sacrificial procession.
FAQs
A dhārmic life culminates in honoring sacred fire and Vedic order; rites become a sanctified escort for the righteous.
Ayodhyā, portrayed as a Vedic-sacral landscape where yajñas and sacred fire naturally accompany the avatāra’s acts.
Agnihotra is to proceed foremost, along with major Soma-sacrifices—Vājapeya and Atirātra—forming a ritual procession.