Agni Purana — Agneya-vidya, Shloka 7
Chapter 39 — भूपरिग्रहविधानम्
Bhū-parigraha-vidhāna: Procedure for Acquiring and Ritually Securing Land
कामरूपकलिङ्गोप्त्यः काञ्चीकाश्मीरकोशलः आकाशवायुतेजोम्बु भूरेताः पञ्च रात्रयः
kāmarūpakaliṅgoptyaḥ kāñcīkāśmīrakośalaḥ ākāśavāyutejombu bhūretāḥ pañca rātrayaḥ
ကာမရူပ၊ ကလိင်္ဂ၊ ဥတ္ကလ (အိုရိဿာ)၊ ကာဉ္စီ၊ ကာရှ္မီရ၊ ကိုသလ တို့ဖြစ်ကြသည်။ ထို့အတူ «ည» ငါးပါးမှာ အာကာသ၊ လေ၊ မီး၊ ရေ၊ မြေ—နှင့် ရေတစ် (မျိုးစေ့/အနှစ်သာရ) တို့ဖြစ်သည်။
Lord Agni (narrating to Sage Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purana’s main dialogue frame)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Cosmology","secondary_vidya":"Jyotisha","practical_application":"Mapping sacred regions and correlating them with pañca-mahābhūta categories for ritual, pilgrimage framing, and cosmological contemplation.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"List","entry_title":"Deśa-nirdesha and Pañca-rātri (Bhūta-rātri) Enumeration","lookup_keywords":["Kāmarūpa","Kaliṅga/Utkala","Kāñcī","Kāśmīra","Kośala","pañca-mahābhūta","rātri","retas"],"quick_summary":"The verse lists key sacred regions and a parallel fivefold scheme of ‘nights’ identified with the five elements, adding retas as an essence principle; it functions as a classificatory cosmology used in ritual-geographic thinking."}
Concept: Correspondence between macrocosm (bhūtas) and ordered classifications (rātri/essence) used to structure sacred knowledge.
Application: Use element-based categories to organize ritual timing/space and to interpret kṣetra-lists as more than geography—i.e., as cosmological indices.
Khanda Section: Tirtha–Kshetra-Mahatmya / Sacred Geography (Desha-nirdesha)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: Kingdom
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A map-like tableau showing six named regions as labeled landmasses, above which five elemental ‘nights’ appear as symbolic bands—ether (space), wind (swirls), fire (flames), water (waves), earth (mountains/fields)—with a subtle ‘retas/essence’ motif as a luminous drop.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural, flat bold colors, sacred geography panel with labeled kṣetras (Kāmarūpa, Kaliṅga/Utkala, Kāñcī, Kāśmīra, Kośala), above them pañca-mahābhūta symbols in horizontal registers, traditional ornamental borders, minimal shading.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting composition with gold-leaf halos around elemental emblems (ākāśa, vāyu, tejas, āpaḥ, bhūmi), jewel-toned map medallions for the regions, embossed gold detailing for the ‘essence/retas’ drop motif.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, delicate linework and soft washes, instructional cosmology chart: regions in cartouche frames, five elements in neatly labeled circles, retas as a central bindu, clean symmetrical layout.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, fine cartographic aesthetic: stylized Indian landscape with inscriptions for regions, five elemental vignettes in the sky, precise detailing, muted palette with gold highlights."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Mālkauns","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तेजोम्बु = तेजः + अम्बु (visarga sandhi). अन्यत्र समास-समुच्चयेन प्रदेश/तत्त्व-नामानि।
Related Themes: Agni Purana 39 (deśa-nirdesha / kṣetra lists); Agni Purana sections on pañca-mahābhūta and sṛṣṭi-krama (cosmology passages)
FAQs
It catalogs key regions (deśa-nāma) and simultaneously presents a technical tattva-listing of the five elements (ākāśa, vāyu, tejas, jala, pṛthivī) with retas as generative essence—useful for cosmological, ritual, and correspondential frameworks.
In a single śloka it juxtaposes geography (named cultural regions) with cosmological taxonomy (bhūta/tattva enumeration), illustrating the Agni Purana’s method of compressing multiple knowledge-domains—regional cataloging and metaphysical classification—into concise lists.
Remembering and reciting such enumerations functions as smṛti (sacred recollection) of the ordered cosmos and Dharma-landscape; it supports a worldview where place (deśa) and principle (tattva) are integrated, encouraging ritual purity through correct knowledge (jñāna) and right orientation to sacred order.