Agni Purana — Raja-dharma, Shloka 11
Abhiṣeka-mantrāḥ
Consecration Mantras
गौरी शिवा च ऋद्धिश् च वेला चैव नड्वला अशिक्नी च तथा ज्योत्स्ना देवपत्न्यो वनस्पतिः
gaurī śivā ca ṛddhiś ca velā caiva naḍvalā aśiknī ca tathā jyotsnā devapatnyo vanaspatiḥ
ഗൗരീ, ശിവാ, ഋദ്ധി; അതുപോലെ വേലാ, നഡ്വലാ; കൂടാതെ അശിക്നീ, ജ്യോത്സ്നാ—ഇവർ ദേവപത്നിമാർ; ഇവരുടെ സമുച്ചയം ‘വനസ്പതി’ (സസ്യങ്ങളുടെ അധിഷ്ഠാതൃശക്തി) എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Lord Agni (narrating to Sage Vasiṣṭha, in the standard Agni Purāṇa dialogue frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ऋद्धिश्→ऋद्धिः; चैव→च+एव; देवपत्न्यो→देवपत्नीः/देवपत्न्यः (प्रथमा बहुवचन); अन्यत्र स्पष्ट सन्धि-भेदः न।
FAQs
It provides a liturgical name-list (nāmāvali) of devapatnīs (divine consorts) intended for remembrance, invocation, or recitation within pūjā/japa contexts.
By cataloguing divine names and functional epithets (like Vanaspati), it preserves ritual taxonomy—an encyclopedic feature of the Agni Purāṇa alongside its law, medicine, architecture, and other technical sections.
Reciting and remembering these divine consorts is treated as a purifying act that supports auspiciousness (śiva/maṅgala), prosperity (ṛddhi), and well-being associated with fertility and vegetation (vanaspati).