शातकुम्भमये कुम्भे धनुषायुतविस्तृते । तत्र कुंभस्य मध्यस्थो वडवानलसंज्ञितः
śātakumbhamaye kumbhe dhanuṣāyutavistṛte | tatra kuṃbhasya madhyastho vaḍavānalasaṃjñitaḥ
Trong một chiếc bình vàng (kumbha) trải rộng đến mười nghìn tầm cung, ngay giữa lòng bình ấy an trụ điều được gọi là Vaḍavānala, “hỏa mã” (lửa ngựa cái).
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Lavaṇodadhi (Prabhāsa sea)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic cross-section of the ocean as a colossal golden kumbha; at its very center burns the Vaḍavānala—depicted as a contained, horse/mare-headed flame or a fiery vortex beneath the waters.
Puranic sacred geography links hidden cosmic forces (like Vaḍavānala) to tīrtha-mahātmya, revealing sanctity beneath the visible world.
The Agni-related sacred zone in the Prabhāsa oceanic landscape (context for Agni-tīrtha).
None directly; it sets up the mythic location of Vaḍavānala connected with Agni-tīrtha.