Agni Purana — Vastu-Pratishtha & Isana-kalpa, Shloka 10
Chapter 65 — सभास्थापनकथनं
Account of Establishing an Assembly-hall
त्रिशालकत्रयं शस्तं उदक्पूर्वविवर्जितं याम्यां परगृहोपेतं द्विशालं लभ्यते सदा
triśālakatrayaṃ śastaṃ udakpūrvavivarjitaṃ yāmyāṃ paragṛhopetaṃ dviśālaṃ labhyate sadā
On loue trois dispositions de la maison triśālā (à trois ailes), à l’exclusion de celles tournées vers le nord et l’est. Mais lorsqu’une maison située au sud est jointe à la demeure du voisin, elle est toujours rangée parmi les dviśālā (maisons à deux ailes).
Lord Agni
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Vastu","secondary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","practical_application":"Classify house-plans (triśālā vs dviśālā) and avoid inauspicious directional layouts when selecting/combining plots with neighboring structures.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Definition","entry_title":"Triśālā–Dviśālā classification and directional exclusion","lookup_keywords":["triśālā","dviśālā","yāmya (south)","udak (north)","pūrva (east)"],"quick_summary":"Triśālā arrangements are praised, but certain north/east-oriented variants are excluded; if the south side is conjoined with a neighbor’s house, the plan is treated as dviśālā."}
Concept: Auspicious space is determined by orientation and adjacency; defects arise from improper directional planning.
Application: Use directional rules and neighbor-adjacency constraints when approving a house plan to reduce vāstu-doṣa.
Khanda Section: Vastu-shastra (House-planning and Auspicious Architecture)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A plan-view diagram of a triśālā house with three wings/courts, showing excluded north/east orientations and a south-side attachment to a neighboring house reclassified as dviśālā.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style, flat plan-diagram aesthetic blended with temple-architect draftsmen, triśālā house layout in ochres and greens, compass directions marked in Sanskrit, neighboring house attached on the south, instructional composition","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting with gold-leaf borders framing a vāstu-puruṣa mandala and a triśālā plan, directional arrows (north/east excluded) highlighted, south-side neighbor-attachment shown, rich reds and gold detailing","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting style, clean architectural illustration of triśālā vs dviśālā, labeled wings (śālā), compass rose, a neighboring wall on the yāmya side, calm instructional palette","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature of an architect and patron examining a parchment floor plan, triśālā layout with annotations, south-side adjoining neighbor house, fine linework, subdued courtly setting"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: triśālakatrayaṃ → triśālaka-trayam; udakpūrvavivarjitaṃ → udak-pūrva-vivarjitam; paragṛhopetaṃ → para-gṛha-upetam.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 65 (Vāstu: śālā-bheda and doṣa); Agni Purana 66 (gṛha-lakṣaṇa/āyādi—related vāstu measures, if present in recension)
FAQs
It gives a Vāstu classification rule: among triśālā layouts, north- and east-oriented variants are to be avoided, and a southern-side attachment to a neighbor’s house results in the layout being treated as dviśālā.
Alongside theology and ritual, the Agni Purana preserves practical building science—directional prescriptions, typologies of dwellings (śālā-bheda), and criteria for auspicious/inauspicious construction—showing its wide, handbook-like scope.
Vāstu rules are framed as dharmic safeguards: building in approved forms and directions is believed to support household harmony and prosperity, while avoided orientations/attachments are treated as sources of doṣa (inauspicious defects).