Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
भोभो वह्ने किमर्थं त्वं देवान्दृष्ट्वा प्रगच्छसि । त्वमाद्यश्चैव सर्वेषामेतेषां संस्थितो मुखम्
bhobho vahne kimarthaṃ tvaṃ devāndṛṣṭvā pragacchasi | tvamādyaścaiva sarveṣāmeteṣāṃ saṃsthito mukham
اے آگنی دیو! دیوتاؤں کو دیکھ کر تم کیوں روانہ ہوتے ہو؟ تم سب میں اوّل ہو؛ انہی دیوتاؤں کا تم ہی ‘مکھ’ یعنی دہن بن کر قائم ہو۔
Brahmā
Scene: A speaker addresses Agni as he seems to withdraw after beholding assembled gods; Agni is shown as a radiant flame-form standing before a semicircle of devas, symbolically as their 'mouth'.
FAQs
Agni is honored as the divine mediator of worship; the verse reinforces reverence for yajña-dharma and the cosmic function of Fire.
Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting.
Implicitly affirms homa/yajña through the doctrine of Agni as the ‘mouth’ receiving offerings, but no specific rite is prescribed.