Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81
ततः प्रोवाच तान्विप्रान्कृतांजलिपुटः स्थितः । वेपमानो भयत्रस्तःकुण्डान्निष्क्रम्य पावकः
tataḥ provāca tānviprānkṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ | vepamāno bhayatrastaḥkuṇḍānniṣkramya pāvakaḥ
پھر پاوک (اگنی) کُنڈ سے باہر نکل آیا، ہاتھ جوڑ کر کھڑا ہوا اور خوف سے کانپتا ہوا اُن برہمنوں سے مخاطب ہوا۔
Sūta (narrator) (implied from narrative flow)
Type: kund
Scene: From the kuṇḍa rises a personified Agni—radiant yet visibly trembling—hands folded in añjali, addressing a semicircle of brāhmaṇas; flames and water coexist as a paradoxical aura.
FAQs
It models humility and respectful approach (añjali) even for a divine power like Agni when confronting dharmic authority and potential wrongdoing.
The verse situates the event at a kuṇḍa central to the tīrtha-māhātmya, but does not name the site explicitly.
No prescription is given here; it narrates the ritual setting (kuṇḍa) and the posture of reverence (añjali).