Agni Purana — Veda-vidhana & Vamsha, Shloka 1

Utpāta-śānti

Pacification of Portents

Devanagari script

इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे अथर्वविधानं नामैकषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः क्रुद्धं भूपं प्रसादयेदिति घ , ज , झ च अथ द्विषष्ठ्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः उत्पातशान्तिः पुष्कर उवाच श्रीसूक्तं प्रतिवेदञ्च ज्ञेयं लक्ष्मीविवर्धनं हिरण्यवर्णा हरिणीमृचः पञ्चदश श्रियः

Transliteration

ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe atharvavidhānaṃ nāmaikaṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ kruddhaṃ bhūpaṃ prasādayediti gha , ja , jha ca atha dviṣaṣṭhyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ utpātaśāntiḥ puṣkara uvāca śrīsūktaṃ prativedañca jñeyaṃ lakṣmīvivardhanaṃ hiraṇyavarṇā hariṇīmṛcaḥ pañcadaśa śriyaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນອັກນິມະຫາປຸຣານະ ບົດທີ 261 ມີນາມວ່າ «ອະຖັຣວະວິທານ». ຍັງມີຕອນທີ່ໝາຍດ້ວຍອັກສອນ gha, ja, jha ກ່າວວ່າ «ຄວນປອບໃຈກະສັດຜູ້ໂກດ». ບັດນີ້ ເລີ່ມບົດທີ 262 «ອຸຕປາຕະ-ຊານຕິ (ການສະງົບລາງຮ້າຍ)». ພຸສກະຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «Śrīsūkta ພ້ອມກັບ prativeda (ການສວດວິເສດປະກອບ) ຄວນຮູ້ວ່າເປັນສິ່ງເພີ່ມພູນລັກສະມີ; ບົດ ṛk 15 ບົດ ເລີ່ມດ້ວຍ ‘hiraṇyavarṇā’ ແມ່ນບົດສັນລະເສີນຂອງ Śrī»។

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotation/closure particle

• āgneye: in the Agneya
• āgneye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āgneya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• mahāpurāṇe: in the Mahāpurāṇa
• mahāpurāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahāpurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• atharvavidhānam: Atharvavidhāna
• atharvavidhānam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atharvan + vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; naming particle

• eka-ṣaṣṭi-adhika-dviśatatamaḥ: the 261st
• eka-ṣaṣṭi-adhika-dviśatatamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka + ṣaṣṭi + adhika + dviśata + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal ‘261st’

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• kruddham: angry
• kruddham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (कृदन्त; √krudh)
• Form: Past participle used adjectivally; Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• bhūpam: king
• bhūpam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• prasādayet: should appease
• prasādayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√sad (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person, Singular; causative sense ‘to appease’ in usage

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; end-quote marker

• gha: (letter) gha
• gha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: gha (अव्यय/वर्ण)
• Form: Letter-name (वर्ण-निर्देश) used as marker

• ja: (letter) ja
• ja: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ja (अव्यय/वर्ण)
• Form: Letter-name (वर्ण-निर्देश) used as marker

• jha: (letter) jha
• jha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jha (अव्यय/वर्ण)
• Form: Letter-name (वर्ण-निर्देश) used as marker

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; discourse connector

• dvi-ṣaṣṭi-adhika-dviśatatamaḥ: the 262nd
• dvi-ṣaṣṭi-adhika-dviśatatamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi + ṣaṣṭi + adhika + dviśata + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ordinal ‘262nd’

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• utpātaśāntiḥ: pacification of portents
• utpātaśāntiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utpāta + śānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; tatpuruṣa: utpātānāṃ śāntiḥ

• puṣkaraḥ: Puṣkara
• puṣkaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular

• śrīsūktam: the Śrī-sūkta hymn
• śrīsūktam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + sūkta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; title of hymn

• prativedam: in each Veda
• prativedam: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati + veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva used adverbially; ‘for each Veda / in each Veda’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• jñeyam: should be known
• jñeyam: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jñeya (कृदन्त; √jñā)
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्/अनीयर् sense), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘to be known’

• lakṣmīvivardhanam: increasing prosperity (Lakṣmī)
• lakṣmīvivardhanam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lakṣmī + vivardhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; tatpuruṣa: lakṣmyāḥ vivardhanam

• hiraṇyavarṇāḥ: (the verses) ‘Hiraṇyavarṇā’
• hiraṇyavarṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hiraṇya + varṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; epithet ‘golden-colored (verses)’

• hariṇī: ‘Hariṇī’
• hariṇī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hariṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; epithet/name

• ṛcaḥ: verses (ṛks)
• ṛcaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• pañcadaśa: fifteen
• pañcadaśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcadaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral; indeclinable-like in form; qualifying ṛcaḥ; ‘fifteen’

• śriyaḥ: of Śrī / of prosperity
• śriyaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (also possible Nominative Plural by form; here genitive with ṛcaḥ understood: ‘of Śrī’)

Speaker

Puṣkara

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: ity āgneye ← iti + āgneye; nāmaika- ← nāma + eka-; 'dhyāyaḥ ← adhyāyaḥ with avagraha; prasādayediti ← prasādayet + iti; prativedañca ← prativedam + ca.

Characters & Entities

• Agni Mahāpurāṇa
• Atharva-vidhāna
• Puṣkara
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Śrīsūkta
• Utpāta-śānti

FAQs

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

It identifies Utpāta-śānti (pacifying ominous portents) and prescribes Śrīsūkta recitation—specifically the fifteen ṛk-verses beginning “hiraṇyavarṇā”—as a prosperity-enhancing (lakṣmī-vivardhana) rite, along with a supplementary Vedic recitation (prativeda).

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

It bridges multiple domains—Atharva-style ritual procedure, political pragmatics (appeasing an angry ruler), and omen-pacification—showing how the Agni Purana compiles applied liturgy, statecraft-adjacent counsel, and Vedic hymnology within a single textual continuum.

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

Recitation of the Śrīsūkta is presented as a dhārmic means to restore auspiciousness, counteract inauspicious signs, and cultivate Śrī (prosperity and well-being), implying merit through Vedic devotion and ritual rectification of adverse omens.