स्मृतिज्ञं लक्षणज्ञं तमाहिताग्निं यशस्विनम् । यष्टारं बहुयज्ञानां भर्तृयज्ञमते स्थितम्
smṛtijñaṃ lakṣaṇajñaṃ tamāhitāgniṃ yaśasvinam | yaṣṭāraṃ bahuyajñānāṃ bhartṛyajñamate sthitam
وہ سمرتی کا جاننے والا اور مبارک علامات کا شناسا تھا؛ مقدس آگوں کو قائم رکھنے والا (آہِتاگنی)، نامور؛ بہت سے یَجْیوں کا ادا کرنے والا؛ اور بھرتریَجْیَگْیَہ کی یَجْیَہ-ودھی میں ثابت قدم تھا۔
Deductive: Skanda (narrating the Tīrthamāhātmya)
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: Portrait-like depiction of the renowned āhitāgni priest: sacred fires, ladles, kusa grass, manuscripts; his calm authority and ritual readiness emphasized.
Purāṇic dharma praises integrated holiness—scriptural knowledge, right conduct, and sustained sacrificial discipline.
The immediate passage continues the Garttā-tīrtha context, highlighting the saintly person associated with the tīrtha.
It extols āhita-agni (maintaining sacred fires) and the performance of many yajñas, implying Vedic sacrificial observance.