Agni Purana — Veda-vidhana & Vamsha, Shloka 22

अध्याय १ — यजुर्विधानम्

Agni Purana, Chapter 259: Yajur-vidhāna

Devanagari script

कन्याया निखनेद्द्वारि सान्यस्मै न प्रदीयते देव सवितरेतेन जुहुयाद्बलकामो द्विजोत्तम

Transliteration

kanyāyā nikhaneddvāri sānyasmai na pradīyate deva savitaretena juhuyādbalakāmo dvijottama

Translation

ಕನ್ಯೆಯ ಬಾಗಿಲಲ್ಲಿ ಇದನ್ನು ಹೂಳಬೇಕು; ಆಗ ಅವಳು ಮತ್ತೊಬ್ಬನಿಗೆ ನೀಡಲ್ಪಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಓ ದ್ವಿಜೋತ್ತಮ, ಬಲವನ್ನು ಬಯಸುವವನು ಈ ಮಂತ್ರ/ವಿಧಿಯಿಂದ ದೇವ ಸವಿತೃಗೆ ಹೋಮ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು.

Word by Word

• kanyāyāḥ: of the maiden
• kanyāyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• nikhanet: should bury/dig in
• nikhanet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni√khan (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• dvāri: at the door/threshold
• dvāri: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• anyasmai: to another (man)
• anyasmai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• pradīyate: is given (in marriage)
• pradīyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√dā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• savitar: O Savitṛ
• savitar: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: savitar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• etena: with this (means/mantra)
• etena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण

• juhuyāt: should offer (into fire)
• juhuyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hu (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bala-kāmaḥ: one desiring strength
• bala-kāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (बलस्य कामः)

• dvija-uttama: O best of the twice-born
• dvija-uttama: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (उत्तमो द्विजः)

Speaker

Lord Agni (instructing the sage Vasiṣṭha in ritual procedure)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: Household

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: nikhaneddvāri→nikhanet+dvāri; savitaretena→savitar+etena; juhuyādbalakāmo→juhuyāt+bala-kāmaḥ; dvijottama→dvija-uttama.

Characters & Entities

• Savitṛ

FAQs

What technical or ritual knowledge (Vidya) is imparted in this verse?

It gives a prayoga: burying a ritual item at the threshold for a maiden to prevent her being given to another, and performing a Savitṛ-homa using the specified mantra/means for gaining bodily strength (bala).

How does this verse contribute to the 'Encyclopedic' nature of the Agni Purana?

Alongside theology, the Agni Purana preserves practical domestic-ritual instructions—marriage-related remedies and specific homa applications—showing its coverage of lived religious practice and household rites.

What is the spiritual or karmic significance of this specific instruction?

By invoking Savitṛ through oblations, the act aligns personal aims (strength and auspicious marital outcome) with Vedic divine order, seeking siddhi through sanctioned fire-ritual rather than purely worldly effort.