Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
त्वं मुखं सर्वदेवानां त्वयि लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः । भूलोके च त्वया त्यक्ते वयं सर्वे सवासवाः । विनाशमेव यास्यामस्तस्मात्त्वं त्रातुमर्हसि
tvaṃ mukhaṃ sarvadevānāṃ tvayi lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | bhūloke ca tvayā tyakte vayaṃ sarve savāsavāḥ | vināśameva yāsyāmastasmāttvaṃ trātumarhasi
“Ngài là ‘miệng’ của hết thảy chư thiên; các cõi thế gian nương tựa nơi Ngài. Nếu Ngài rời bỏ cõi trần, tất cả chúng tôi—cùng với Indra—chỉ còn gặp diệt vong. Vậy xin Ngài che chở chúng tôi.”
Devas
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi assembly
Scene: Devas, with Indra among them, plead before Agni: ‘Do not abandon earth’; Agni stands as a pillar of flame; behind, faint imagery of altars and worlds resting upon his radiance.
FAQs
Yajña and cosmic reciprocity depend on Agni; when the sacrificial link breaks, social and cosmic order (dharma) collapses.
Not a direct tirtha-glorification verse; it belongs to the Arbuda sacred landscape narrative where the nirjhara setting frames the episode.
Implicitly, it upholds yajña: Agni as the mouth of the gods who carries offerings; no specific vrata/dāna is stated.