Pāvaka
deity figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 6 anchored passages
Fire · bearer of oblations · the fire · the fire-god
spoken of as
1 expressionAgni“Pāvaka”1 mention
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
"By reason of Sītā's compassion, by the power of Rāghava, and by my father's friendship with him — Pāvaka does not burn me.
in the texts
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
Fire deity said to have given women an all-purifying nature.
Soma gave them purity, Gandharva gave them sweet speech, and Pāvaka (Fire) gave them all-purifying nature;
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The fire-god, propitiated by Sītā, who spares Hanūmān's flesh while burning his tail, and who is later loosed by Hanūmān upon Laṅkā's mansions.
"By reason of Sītā's compassion, by the power of Rāghava, and by my father's friendship with him — Pāvaka does not burn me.
Then the fire, with its sharp flames, undisturbed, with its crest turning rightward, blazed — as though proclaiming auspiciousness for the monkey to the doe-eyed one.
"This fire, the carrier of oblations, blazing on my tail — it is fitting to give it satisfaction with these finest dwellings.