Brahma and Agni

Agni reveals to a rakshasa that the beautiful Puloma is the wife of the sage Bhrigu. The demon abducts her, but the unborn child in her womb, enraged by the violence, falls out and incinerates the rakshasa with his own energy. When Bhrigu learns Agni was the informant, he curses the god of fire to consume everything.

With Agni absent, all sacrifices have stopped, and the three worlds are in crisis. The desperate sages and gods appeal to Brahma, the creator, who summons Agni and offers a solution: only his sacred sacrificial flames will devour offerings, thus technically fulfilling the curse without taint.