Adhyaya 145

Īśvara presents a disciplined mantric-ritual regimen centered on Mālinī, explicitly to be preceded by ṣoḍhā-nyāsa (sixfold installation). Nyāsa is framed as a threefold system—Śākta, Śāmbhava, and Yāmala—linking phonemic structure (śabda-rāśi), tattva-theory (three principles), and embodied placement. The chapter then lists metrical/mantric divisions (Vanamālā of twelve syllables; Ratnapañcātmā of five units; Navātmā of nine units) and Śākta-specific subdivisions such as a tri-vidyā form with sixteen pratirūpas (marked by jha), an adhor-aṣṭaka, and a dvādaśāṅga structure. Seed-syllables and weapon-mantras culminate in a universally efficacious formula—“krīṃ hrauṃ klīṃ śrīṃ krūṃ phaṭ” (phaṭ thrice)—praised as sarva-sādhaka. A long technical body-mapping follows, installing syllables and named śaktis/deities on head, eyes, ears, mouth, teeth, throat, shoulders, arms, fingers, hips, navel, heart, thighs, knees, shanks, feet, and subtle tissues (blood, flesh, bone, marrow, semen, prāṇa, kośa). The chapter closes by asserting that worship of the Rudra-Śaktis, empowered by the Hrīṃ bīja, grants comprehensive attainment, exemplifying the Agni Purāṇa’s fusion of practical ritual technology with dharmic and spiritual aims.