Agni Purana — Vyavahara, Shloka 30
Chapter 255: दायविभागकथनम्
On the Division of Inheritance
पितृमातृपतिभ्रातृदत्तमध्यग्न्युपागतं आधिवेदनिकुञ्चैव स्त्रीधनं परिकीर्तितं
pitṛmātṛpatibhrātṛdattamadhyagnyupāgataṃ ādhivedanikuñcaiva strīdhanaṃ parikīrtitaṃ
ما يُعطى من الأب أو الأم أو الزوج أو الأخ، وما يُنال عند شعيرة نار الزواج (agni)، وكذلك هبة ādhivedanika—فكل ذلك مُعلنٌ أنه مالُ المرأة الخاص (strīdhana).
Lord Agni (in discourse to sage Vasiṣṭha, as the Agni Purana’s primary narrator)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पितृ+मातृ+पति+भ्रातृ+दत्तम् → पितृमातृपतिभ्रातृदत्तम् (समाहार-द्वन्द्व of donors + क्त ‘given’); मध्यग्नि+उपागतम् → मध्यग्न्युपागतम्; आधिवेदनिकम्+उ+च+एव → आधिवेदनिकुञ्चैव.
FAQs
It gives a Dharma-śāstra definition of strīdhana by listing its recognized sources, including gifts from close kin, nuptial-fire (adhyagni) gifts, and the ādhivedanika payment/gift.
Alongside ritual and theology, the Agni Purana preserves practical legal categories—here, property classification within marriage and inheritance—showing its coverage of governance and jurisprudence (dharma) as well as worship.
By defining lawful ownership and proper marital conduct, it supports dharma (social-ethical order), reducing conflict and adharma around wealth, which is treated as karmically consequential in Purāṇic ethics.