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[Alexandr Korol]

In another ancient major Hindu scripture called the Prashna Upanishad, Agni is mentioned in the second Prashna (section of questions). This section states that Agni and other deities manifest as the five gross elements, which combine to create the entire universe, and that all deities exist together in the temple of Agni.
Agni is mentioned in many secondary Upanishads, such as Pranagnihotra, Yogatattva, Yogashikha, Trishikhibrahmana, and others. In the syncretic and monistic Shaivite text, namely the Rudrahridaya Upanishad, it is stated that Rudra is identical to Agni, and Uma is identical to Svaha.
In the Mundaka Upanishad (2.4), the seven tongues of Agni are named as Kali, Karali, Manojava, Sulohita, Sudhamravarna, Sphulingini, and Vishvaruchi.

Meaning
Vedic rituals still include Agni. He is involved in many important Hindu rites, such as birth celebrations (lamps are lit for him), prayers (next to the aarti lamp), weddings (yajna, where the bride and groom walk around the fire seven times), and death (cremation). According to the Atharvaveda, it is Agni who carries the soul of the deceased from the funeral pyre so that it may be reborn in the next world or life. However, in post-Vedic texts, this role was attributed to the god of death, Yama. Agni plays an important role in temple architecture and is usually present in the southeast corner of a Hindu temple.” The number 7 appears everywhere in rituals — that’s what I keep noticing.

Agni is a symbol of the psychological and physiological aspects of life, as stated in the Maha Purana (clarification needed), in section LXVII. 202–203. This text says that within every person there are the following three types of Agni:
• Krodha-agni — “the fire of anger,”
• Kama-agni — “the fire of passion and desire,”
• Udara-agni — “the fire of digestion.”
Accordingly, if a person desires spiritual freedom and liberation, they must make voluntary offerings of forgiveness, detachment, and fasting.
Agni means the natural element of fire, a supernatural deity symbolized by fire, and the inner natural will striving for higher knowledge.