व्यभजञ्छकटान्केचित्पशून्केचिदजीगिलन् । अग्निं निर्वापयामासुः केचिदत्यग्नितेजसः
vyabhajañchakaṭānkecitpaśūnkecidajīgilan | agniṃ nirvāpayāmāsuḥ kecidatyagnitejasaḥ
Có kẻ đập nát xe cộ; có kẻ nuốt chửng các thú vật hiến tế. Và có kẻ—rực cháy oai lực còn dữ hơn lửa—đã dập tắt ngọn lửa thiêng Agni.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: Sacrificial carts splinter; beasts meant for offering vanish as if swallowed; figures blazing with inner fire smother the altar flames—smoke and ash whirl through the pavilion.
Sacred fire and sacrifice are not self-sufficient; dharma in ritual depends on honoring the Supreme (Maheśvara).
Not a specific tīrtha in this verse; it functions as a narrative exemplar within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader glorification of Śiva-centered dharma.
None; the shloka depicts the extinguishing of yajña-fire as a consequence of sacrificial impropriety.