Agni Purana — Veda-vidhana & Vamsha, Shloka 16
Vināyaka-snāna (The Vinayaka Bath) — Obstacle-Removal and Consecratory Bathing Rite
कृताकृतांस्तण्डुलांश् च पललौदनमेव च मत्स्यान्पङ्कांस्तथैवामान् पुष्पं चित्रं सुरां त्रिधा
kṛtākṛtāṃstaṇḍulāṃś ca palalaudanameva ca matsyānpaṅkāṃstathaivāmān puṣpaṃ citraṃ surāṃ tridhā
وكذلك (يُقدَّم/يُذكَر) حبُّ الأرز مطبوخًا وغير مطبوخ، وكذلك طعام الأرز المطبوخ باللحم (palala-odana)؛ ومثل ذلك السمك، والأشياء الملوَّثة بالطين أو غير الطاهرة، والأشياء النيئة؛ وزهورٌ متنوّعة الألوان؛ وخمرٌ (surā) على ثلاثة أصناف.
Lord Agni (teaching the ritual/offerings section to Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purana’s instructional dialogue frame)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Vrata","secondary_vidya":"Samanya","practical_application":"Catalog of acceptable/variant bali-naivedya items (cooked/uncooked grains, meat-porridge, fish, raw/impure items, flowers, and three kinds of liquor) for specific propitiations.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"List","entry_title":"Bali-Naivedya Dravya-list (Grains, Meat/Fish, Raw/Impure, Flowers, Liquor)","lookup_keywords":["tandula","palalodana","matsya","āma","surā"],"quick_summary":"Enumerates offerings used in bali/naivedya, including cooked/uncooked rice, meat-porridge, fish, raw or muddy items, variegated flowers, and threefold liquor—selected per rite and recipient."}
Concept: Dravya-bheda (classification of substances) as a key to ritual efficacy.
Application: Match offering-substance to the intended recipient and rite; maintain clarity on cooked/uncooked and pure/impure categories as prescribed.
Khanda Section: Puja-vidhi / Bali-naivedya (Ritual offerings and prohibited/variant food items)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A ritual layout displaying multiple offering bowls: cooked and uncooked rice, meat-porridge, fish, raw items, variegated flowers, and three vessels of liquor arranged for bali.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, top-down ritual spread of offerings on banana leaves and bowls, vivid flowers, three liquor pots, muted sacred background, clean iconographic arrangement.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore still-life of naivedya items with gold accents on vessels, bright flowers, stylized fish and grain heaps, symmetrical altar composition.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore instructional plate: neatly labeled offerings—kṛta/akṛta tandula, palalodana, matsya, āma, puṣpa-citra, surā-tridhā—fine linework and clarity.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature banquet-like offering scene with attendants arranging bowls, detailed textures of rice, fish, flowers, and glass/metal liquor vessels, courtly precision."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Kalyani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: कृताकृतान्+तण्डुलान्→कृताकृतांस्तण्डुलान्; पललौदनम्+एव→पललौदनमेव; मत्स्यान्+पङ्कान्→मत्स्यान्पङ्कान्; तथा+एव+अमान्→तथैवामान्
Related Themes: Agni Purana 265.15-19 (bali/naivedya sequence); Agni Purana ritual chapters on śānti and graha-bali (elsewhere in Puja-vidhi corpus)
FAQs
It enumerates categories of naivedya/bali substances used in worship—cooked/uncooked rice, meat-rice preparation, fish, raw items, flowers, and threefold liquor—indicating how offerings may be classified and presented.
By functioning like a practical ritual manual, it preserves granular lists of offering-materials (dravya) and their types—one of the many technical domains (pūjā-vidhi) alongside medicine, polity, and arts that make the Agni Purana encyclopedic.
Correctly classifying and offering appropriate substances in prescribed forms is presented in Purāṇic ritual logic as supporting purity, completeness of worship, and the accrual of merit (puṇya) through properly performed devotion and oblations.