Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
अग्नये स्विष्टकृतैति यावदात्मानमाक्षिपेत् । तावद्धृतः स सूर्येण स्वहस्तेन समंततः
agnaye sviṣṭakṛtaiti yāvadātmānamākṣipet | tāvaddhṛtaḥ sa sūryeṇa svahastena samaṃtataḥ
جب وہ ‘اگنے سوِشٹکرتے سواہا’ کہہ کر اپنے آپ کو آگ میں ڈالنے ہی والا تھا، اسی لمحے سوریا دیو نے اپنے ہی ہاتھ سے اسے چاروں طرف سے تھام کر روک لیا۔
Narrator (speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa at the edge of a blazing sacrificial fire raises himself to leap in; at the instant, radiant Sūrya manifests and physically restrains him with outstretched hands, light forming a protective circle around the altar.
FAQs
Divinity safeguards dharma: even intense zeal is checked by a higher cosmic order when it turns into reckless extremity.
This verse highlights divine intervention within the Tīrthamāhātmya story; the site name is not present in the verse.
The concluding propitiatory offering addressed to ‘Agni Sviṣṭakṛt’ is referenced.
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