Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 2
Chapter 376 — ब्रह्मज्ञानम्
Knowledge of Brahman
देह आत्मा न भवति दृस्यत्वाच्च घटादिवत् प्रसप्ते मरणे देहादात्मान्यो ज्ञायते ध्रुवं
deha ātmā na bhavati dṛsyatvācca ghaṭādivat prasapte maraṇe dehādātmānyo jñāyate dhruvaṃ
દેહ આત્મા નથી, કારણ કે તે ઘટ વગેરેની જેમ દૃશ્ય વિષય છે. મરણ થયા પછી આત્મા દેહથી ભિન્ન છે એમ નિશ્ચિત રીતે સમજાય છે.
Lord Agni (in discourse to sage Vasiṣṭha, typical Agni Purana narration frame)
Primary Rasa: Śānta
Secondary Rasa: Bhayānaka
Sandhi Resolution Notes: दृस्यत्वाच्च → दृश्यत्वात् च; देहादात्मान्यो → देहात् आत्मा अन्यः.
FAQs
It imparts ātma–anātma-viveka (discrimination between Self and non-Self): the body is a perceptible object, therefore it cannot be the perceiving Self.
Alongside ritual, polity, and other sciences, the Agni Purana also preserves mokṣa-śāstra material—here, a Vedāntic/Upaniṣadic-style argument establishing the Self’s distinction from the body.
Internalizing this distinction reduces attachment to the body, supports detachment (vairāgya), and is presented as a direct aid to liberation-oriented understanding (mokṣa-jñāna).