Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18
यजतश्च मखे भक्त्या ब्राह्मणैः सह भारत । ततश्चादर्शनं वह्निः सर्वेषां पश्यतामगात्
yajataśca makhe bhaktyā brāhmaṇaiḥ saha bhārata | tataścādarśanaṃ vahniḥ sarveṣāṃ paśyatāmagāt
جب وہ برہمنوں کے ساتھ بھکتی سے یَجْن ادا کر رہا تھا، اے بھارت! تب وہنی (اگنی) سب کے دیکھتے دیکھتے اوجھل ہو گیا۔
Narrator (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā region)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied epic-audience addressee (‘Bhārata’) and the outer ṛṣi audience
Scene: In the midst of a blazing sacrificial fire and chanting brāhmaṇas, Agni suddenly disappears in full view; flames collapse into smoke, leaving the vedi eerily empty as all stare.
FAQs
Devotion alone cannot substitute for dharmic harmony; when the divine principle (Agni) withdraws, ritual power collapses in public view.
Not directly; the verse contributes to the Revā-khaṇḍa’s broader sacred-geography narrative.
Performance of yajña with brāhmaṇas and devotion (bhakti); no specific oblation formula is cited.