Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 70
Āgneya-Purāṇa-māhātmya
The Greatness and Self-Testimony of the Agni Purāṇa
पट्टिकाबन्धवस्त्रादि दद्याद् यः स्वर्गमाप्नुयात् यो दद्याद्ब्रह्मलोकी स्यात् पुस्तकं यस्य वै गृहे
paṭṭikābandhavastrādi dadyād yaḥ svargamāpnuyāt yo dadyādbrahmalokī syāt pustakaṃ yasya vai gṛhe
Barangsiapa mendermakan pakaian dan sejenisnya—kain yang berikat/berpengikat—ia mencapai surga. Barangsiapa mendermakan kitab, ia menjadi penghuni alam Brahmā; sungguh berbahagialah rumah yang menyimpan kitab suci.
Lord Agni (in discourse to sage Vasiṣṭha, typical Agni Purana narration frame)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","secondary_vidya":"Dana-dharma","practical_application":"Guides householders in selecting meritorious gifts—especially clothing and sacred books—to accrue punya and support learning/ritual continuity.","sutra_style":true}
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Concept: Dāna as a dharmic means to attain higher lokas; vidyā-support (pustaka) is a superior gift linked with Brahmaloka.
Application: Prioritize gifts that sustain dharma—clothing for dignity/service and books for transmission of śāstra; maintain a sacred text in the home as a nitya-maṅgala.
Khanda Section: Dana-dharma (Charity and gifts; merit of donating sacred/religious items)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A householder respectfully offers folded garments with decorative bands and a palm-leaf manuscript/book to a learned recipient near a small domestic shrine; the book is also shown placed in a clean, elevated spot in the home.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural style, flat warm palette, stylized brahmin recipient and gṛhastha donor, folded vastra with patterned borders, palm-leaf manuscript bundle, domestic shrine lamp, serene devotional ambience, traditional ornamentation","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, gold-leaf highlights on the sacred book cover and garment borders, donor couple offering vastra and pustaka to a seated ācārya, rich textiles, temple-lamp glow, symmetrical composition","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting style, delicate linework, instructional clarity: donor hands presenting vastra and manuscript, labeled objects (vastra, pustaka), calm interior with shelf for sacred texts, soft pastel tones","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, detailed interior of a learned household, donor presenting garments and a bound manuscript, fine textile patterns, attentive onlookers, architectural niches, naturalistic faces and subdued jewel tones"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: svargamāpnuyāt = svargam + āpnuyāt; dadyādbrahmalokī = dadyāt + brahmalokī (final -t + b- → -db-); paṭṭikābandhavastrādi treated as samāhāra-dvandva with ādi.
Related Themes: Agni Purana Dana-dharma sections on anna-dāna, vastra-dāna, go-dāna, hiraṇya-dāna (adjacent phala passages); Agni Purana Purāṇa-māhātmya passages praising śāstra/itihāsa-purāṇa listening
FAQs
It teaches dāna-dharma: specific charitable gifts (clothing/cloth items and especially books/scriptures) and the graded spiritual results attributed to them.
By cataloging practical religious ethics—types of gifts and their outcomes—it adds a dharma/ritual-economy layer to the Agni Purana’s wide-ranging coverage (ritual, ethics, cosmology, and social duty).
Donating useful goods yields heavenly merit, while donating knowledge (a book/scripture) is ranked higher, leading to Brahmaloka—signaling the superior karmic fruit of supporting learning and sacred transmission.