Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 30
Āgneya-Purāṇa-māhātmya
The Greatness and Self-Testimony of the Agni Purāṇa
यस्याग्नेयपुराणस्य पुस्तकं तस्य वै जयः लिखितं पूजितं गेहे भुक्तिर्मुक्तिः करे ऽस्ति हि
yasyāgneyapurāṇasya pustakaṃ tasya vai jayaḥ likhitaṃ pūjitaṃ gehe bhuktirmuktiḥ kare 'sti hi
『アグネーヤ・プラーナ』の書を所持する者は、まことに勝利を得る。これを写し書きして家において礼拝供養するなら、世の享楽と究竟の解脱（モークシャ）は真にその手中にある。
Lord Agni (traditional Agni Purana narrator) addressing sage Vasiṣṭha
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","secondary_vidya":"Vrata","practical_application":"Home-based grantha-puja: commissioning/copying the text, installing it in a clean place, offering daily reverence as a dharmic practice believed to support both worldly success and liberation-oriented life.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Description","entry_title":"Agneya-Purana Grantha-Puja Phala (Victory, Bhukti, Mukti)","lookup_keywords":["Agneya Purana","pustaka-puja","bhukti","mukti","jaya"],"quick_summary":"Keeping the Agneya Purana as a written book and worshipping it at home is praised as conferring victory and the paired fruits of worldly well-being (bhukti) and liberation (mukti)."}
Concept: Bhakti expressed as reverence to śāstra (grantha) becomes a means to both pravṛtti (bhukti) and nivṛtti (mukti).
Application: Maintain textual purity and regular worship/reading as a disciplined devotional routine.
Khanda Section: Phala-shruti (Merit of the Text) / Grantha-puja-vidhi
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A householder’s shrine with a palm-leaf or bound manuscript labeled ‘Agneya Purana’, placed on a cloth-covered pedestal, being worshipped with lamp, incense, flowers, and sandal paste; the devotee holds the book reverently, suggesting ‘bhukti-mukti in hand’.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural style, warm earthy palette, a serene gṛhastha in traditional attire performing grantha-puja to a manuscript of Agneya Purana on a wooden pedestal, oil lamp glow, floral offerings, stylized interior shrine, calm shanta mood.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, rich reds and greens, gold foil highlights on the pedestal, lamp, and manuscript cover, devotee offering flowers to the Agneya Purana book, ornate arch-like frame suggesting a home mandapa, auspicious symbols.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting style, fine linework, soft shading, instructional clarity: book on a clean cloth, puja items arranged (dīpa, dhūpa, puṣpa, candana), devotee in namaskara, emphasis on ritual order and neatness.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, detailed domestic interior with patterned carpets, a scholar-devotee holding a manuscript titled Agneya Purana, attendants with lamp and incense, delicate borders, subdued gold accents, contemplative atmosphere."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"devotional","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"devotional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: yasyāgneyapurāṇasya = yasya + āgneya-purāṇasya; bhuktirmuktiḥ = bhuktiḥ + muktiḥ; kare 'sti = kare + asti (avagraha).
Related Themes: Agni Purana Phala-śruti sections (grantha-mahātmya, śravaṇa/pāṭha-phala); Agni Purana grantha-pūjā-vidhi passages
FAQs
It teaches grantha-pūjā (scripture veneration): keeping the Agni Purāṇa as a manuscript, copying it (likhita), and worshipping it at home as a meritorious devotional practice.
By concluding with a phala-śruti that sanctifies the text itself, it frames the Purāṇa’s many disciplines (ritual, dharma, arts, polity, etc.) as unified sacred knowledge whose preservation (books, copying, home worship) is itself a religious act.
The verse promises both bhukti (prosperity/enjoyment) and mukti (liberation), indicating that revering and preserving the scripture yields immediate auspicious results and supports ultimate spiritual release.