Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
एवमुक्त्वाऽथ सा साध्वी प्रविष्टा निजहर्म्यवत् । सुसमिद्धो हुतो वह्निर्जातो जलमयः क्षणात्
evamuktvā'tha sā sādhvī praviṣṭā nijaharmyavat | susamiddho huto vahnirjāto jalamayaḥ kṣaṇāt
ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว สตรีผู้มีศีลนั้นก็เข้าสู่เรือนของตน ไฟบูชาที่ลุกแรงและได้รับเครื่องสังเวยแล้ว กลับแปรเป็นน้ำในพริบตา
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kund
Scene: After her declaration, the virtuous woman enters her house; the blazing fire suddenly collapses into shimmering water, as if the flames liquefy—an astonishment for onlookers.
FAQs
Purity (śuddhi) protected by divine order: dharma safeguards the righteous, and nature itself is shown to transform in their favor.
The water-filled spot that replaces the fire becomes the nucleus of the tīrtha later declared famous by her name.
Reference to a consecrated fire receiving offerings (huta); it frames the event that leads to the sacred water-site.