अग्निहोत्ररता विप्रास्तथाग्निब्रह्मचारिणः । पंचाग्निव्रतिनो ये वै तेऽग्निलोकेग्नितेजसः
agnihotraratā viprāstathāgnibrahmacāriṇaḥ | paṃcāgnivratino ye vai te'gnilokegnitejasaḥ
专志阿耆尼护摩(Agnihotra)之婆罗门,奉事圣火而修梵行者,以及守持五火誓戒者——诚然皆住于阿耆尼之界,辉映阿耆尼之光。
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: A line of brāhmaṇas at dawn and dusk tending Agnihotra fires; a brahmacārin stands with samidh and kuśa; an ascetic performs pañcāgni with four fires around and the sun overhead, all bathed in amber glow.
Sustained Vedic discipline—Agnihotra, brahmacarya, and rigorous vows—leads to exalted posthumous states and spiritual luminosity.
Kāśī is the textual setting; the verse praises Agni-centered dharma within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography.
Agnihotra, Agni-brahmacarya (fire-service with celibate discipline), and the pañcāgni-vrata are explicitly named.