Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 95
या चेयमुर्वशी मत्तः समुद्भूता पुरंदर त्रेताग्निहेतुभूतेयं एवं प्राप्य भविष्यति
yā ceyamurvaśī mattaḥ samudbhūtā puraṃdara tretāgnihetubhūteyaṃ evaṃ prāpya bhaviṣyati
హే పురందరా! ఈ ఉర్వశీ నన్నుంచి ఉద్భవించింది; కాలక్రమేణ త్రేతాగ్నులకు కారణభూతగా సంబంధించి, ఇలానే పరమగతిని పొందుతుంది।
Unspecified in snippet (speaker addresses Indra as Purandara and foretells Urvaśī’s role)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) milieu (contextual)
Type: river
Listener: Indra (Purandara)
Scene: A prophetic moment: a radiant Urvaśī emerging from a divine source, with Indra (Purandara) listening; behind them, the iconography of three sacred fires—three altars or three flames—signifying tretāgni destiny.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives link celestial events to Vedic institutions, presenting sacred rites (like the fires) as upheld through divinely guided history.
No specific tīrtha is directly praised; the verse connects mythic figures to Vedic fire tradition within the Revā-kṣetra narrative.
It references tretāgni (the three sacred fires), but does not prescribe a specific performance here.
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