Agni Purana — Agneya-vidya, Shloka 8
Explanation of the Vāsudeva and Related Mantras (वासुदेवादिमन्त्रनिरूपणम्)
विभक्तनामवर्णान्तस्थितानि वीजमुत्तमं दीर्घैर् ह्रस्वैश् च संयुक्तं साङ्गोपाङ्गंस्वरैः क्रमात्
vibhaktanāmavarṇāntasthitāni vījamuttamaṃ dīrghair hrasvaiś ca saṃyuktaṃ sāṅgopāṅgaṃsvaraiḥ kramāt
বিভক্ত নামগুলির অন্ত্যবর্ণে স্থিত অক্ষরসমূহ থেকে পরম বীজ (বীজাক্ষর) গঠিত হয়। পরে তা দীর্ঘ ও হ্রস্ব স্বরের সঙ্গে, এবং অঙ্গ-উপাঙ্গের স্বরোচ্চারণসহ, ক্রমান্বয়ে সংযুক্ত করা হয়।
Lord Agni (teaching to sage Vasiṣṭha)
Primary Rasa: Śānta
Secondary Rasa: Adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: विभक्तनामवर्णान्तस्थितानि = विभक्त + नाम + वर्ण + अन्त + स्थितानि (समास-समुच्चय); वीजमुत्तमं = वीजम् + उत्तमम् (म् + उ -> मु); दीर्घैर् = दीर्घैः (विसर्ग-लोप before h); ह्रस्वैश् च = ह्रस्वैः + च (विसर्ग-सन्धि: ऐः + च -> ऐश्च); साङ्गोपाङ्गंस्वरैः = साङ्ग + उपाङ्गम् + स्वरैः (ग् + उ -> गो; म् + स् -> ंस्/अनुस्वार).
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It teaches a technical method for constructing a bīja (seed-syllable) by selecting terminal phonemes from segmented names and combining them sequentially with long/short vowels and the appropriate tonal/vowel features.
Beyond mythology, it preserves applied sound-science—phonetics, vowel-length, and accent—used in mantra-vidyā, showing the text’s coverage of ritual technology and linguistic procedure.
Correct formation and recitation of bīja-mantras is presented as essential for efficacy in worship and rites; precision in sound (varna–svara) is treated as purifying and as ensuring the intended spiritual result of the mantra.