Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68
सूत उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा स भगवान्विरराम पितामहः । पावकोऽपि च विप्राणामग्निहोत्रेषु संस्थितः
sūta uvāca | evamuktvā sa bhagavānvirarāma pitāmahaḥ | pāvako'pi ca viprāṇāmagnihotreṣu saṃsthitaḥ
สูตะกล่าวว่า: ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระผู้เป็นปิตามหะ (พระพรหม) ก็สงบนิ่ง; และปาวกะ (พระอัคนี) ก็ได้ตั้งมั่นอยู่ในพิธีอัคนิโหตระของเหล่าพราหมณ์
Sūta
Tirtha: Vahnitīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: Sūta narrates as Brahmā falls silent; the focus shifts to Agni settling into the daily agnihotra fires of brāhmaṇa households—small domestic altars glowing steadily, symbolizing continuity of dharma.
FAQs
When divine injunction supports dharma, sacred fire becomes firmly rooted in daily ritual life.
The narrative context is the establishment of Vahnitīrtha and its ritual potency.
Agni’s abiding presence in the brāhmaṇas’ agnihotra is affirmed as a dharmic outcome.