Agni Purana — Dharma-shastra, Shloka 15
Chapter 172 — “Expiations beginning with the Secret
Rites)” (Rahasya-ādi-prāyaścitta
यद्भुञ्जन्यत्स्वपंस्तिष्ठन् गच्छन् जाग्रद् यदास्थितः कृतवान् पापमद्याहं कायेन मनसा गिरा
yadbhuñjanyatsvapaṃstiṣṭhan gacchan jāgrad yadāsthitaḥ kṛtavān pāpamadyāhaṃ kāyena manasā girā
စားနေစဉ်၊ အိပ်နေစဉ်၊ ရပ်နေစဉ်၊ သွားနေစဉ်၊ နိုးနေစဉ် သို့မဟုတ် မည်သည့်အခြေအနေမဆို—ကျွန်ုပ်ကျူးလွန်ခဲ့သော အပြစ်အားလုံးကို ယနေ့ ကိုယ်၊ စိတ်၊ နှုတ်ဖြင့် ကျွန်ုပ်ပြုခဲ့ကြောင်း ဝန်ခံပါသည်။
Lord Agni (instructing/pronouncing a prāyaścitta-style confession within the Agni Purana’s teaching frame)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","secondary_vidya":"Mantra","practical_application":"Confessional formula for prāyaścitta: enumerating daily states/activities to ensure no omission; used before japa, dāna, vrata, or at day’s end.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Formula","entry_title":"Sarvāvasthā-pāpa-nivedana (confession across all states)","lookup_keywords":["prāyaścitta","nivedana","kāya-manasa-girā","sarvāvasthā","pāpa"],"quick_summary":"A comprehensive confession that covers sins committed in all ordinary activities and in all three instruments—body, mind, and speech—serving as a preparatory purification."}
Alamkara Type: Yamaka/Anuprāsa-like cadence through participial listing (bhūñjan/svapan/tiṣṭhan/gacchan/jāgrat)
Concept: Tri-karaṇa-śuddhi: purification of the three instruments (kāya-manasa-vāk) through honest self-disclosure and resolve.
Application: Daily self-review: recall actions, intentions, and speech; confess, seek forgiveness, and set a concrete restraint for the next day.
Khanda Section: Prāyaścitta & Mantra-vidhi (Confession, repentance, and expiatory practice)
Primary Rasa: Shanta
Secondary Rasa: Karuna
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A devotee seated in contemplation with a day’s activities depicted in small vignettes around—eating, sleeping, standing, walking, waking—while a central scroll reads 'kāyena manasā girā' indicating threefold accountability.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, central meditating devotee, surrounding circular vignettes of daily acts, warm earthy palette, stylized lotus medallions, sacred text band with Devanāgarī phrase.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore, central figure with gold-embossed halo-like aureole of vignettes, ornate frame, small gold panels showing the activities, devotional yet didactic composition.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, instructional layout: neat panels for each activity, central caption 'kāya-manasa-vāk', soft shading, clear linework, minimal ornamentation.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, album-page style with multiple small scenes around a central seated figure, fine architectural and textile details, calligraphic cartouche for the key phrase."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"contemplative"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: यद्भुञ्जन् = यत् + भुञ्जन्; यत्स्वपन् = यत् + स्वपन्; पापमद्याहं = पापम् + अद्य + अहं (सन्धि-लोप/संयोग).
Related Themes: Agni Purana 172 (prāyaścitta mantras; purification sequence)
FAQs
It teaches a prāyaścitta-style confession formula: acknowledging wrongdoing across all daily states and explicitly attributing actions to the three karmic instruments—body, mind, and speech.
Alongside subjects like ritual, polity, and arts, the Agni Purana preserves practical liturgical language for repentance—showing it also functions as a manual for ethical-ritual self-purification.
By confessing sins across all conditions and all three channels of action, the practitioner cultivates accountability and prepares for expiation/forgiveness, aiming to reduce karmic burden through truthful acknowledgment.