Agni Purana — Raja-dharma, Shloka 2

Raṇadīkṣā (War-Consecration) — Agni Purāṇa Adhyāya 235

Devanagari script

पूजनीयो हरिः शम्भुर्मोदकाद्यैर् विनायकः द्वितीये ऽहनि दिक्पालान् सम्पूज्य शयनञ्चरेत्

Transliteration

pūjanīyo hariḥ śambhurmodakādyair vināyakaḥ dvitīye 'hani dikpālān sampūjya śayanañcaret

Translation

ဟရီ (ဗိဿနု) နှင့် သမ္ဘု (ရှီဝ) ကို ပူဇော်ရမည်။ ထို့ပြင် ဝိနာယက (ဂဏေရှ) ကို မိုဒကာ စသည့် ပူဇော်ပစ္စည်းများဖြင့် ပူဇော်ရမည်။ ဒုတိယနေ့တွင် ဒိက္ပာလ (အရပ်စောင့်နတ်များ) ကို စနစ်တကျ ပူဇော်ပြီးနောက် အိပ်ရာဝင်ပွဲ (ရိတုအိပ်ခြင်း) ကို ကျင့်ဆောင်ရမည်။

Word by Word

• पूजनीयः: worthy to be worshipped
• पूजनीयः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: अनीयर्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be worshipped’

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मोदकाद्यैः: with modakas etc.
• मोदकाद्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोदक (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘मोदक-आदि’ = ‘modakas and the like’

• विनायकः: Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• विनायकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्वितीये: on the second
• द्वितीये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘on the second (day)’

• अहनि: day
• अहनि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• दिक्पालान्: guardians of the directions
• दिक्पालान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिक् (प्रातिपदिक) + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दिशां पालाः)

• सम्पूज्य: having worshipped
• सम्पूज्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), पूर्वकालिक; ‘having duly worshipped’

• शयनम्: sleep / bed-rest
• शयनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (accusative of goal)

• चरेत्: should undertake / should do
• चरेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lord Agni (teaching the sage Vasiṣṭha)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: शम्भुर्मोदकाद्यैः = शम्भुः + मोदकाद्यैः; द्वितीयेऽहनि = द्वितीये + अहनि; शयनञ्चरेत् = शयनम् + चरेत्

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Vishnu)
• Shambhu (Shiva)
• Vinayaka (Ganesha)
• Dikpalas

FAQs

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

It gives a practical worship-sequence: worship Viṣṇu and Śiva, offer modakas (and related sweets) to Gaṇeśa, then on the second day worship the Dikpālas and perform the prescribed ritual sleeping/lying-down observance.

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

It exemplifies the Agni Purana’s manual-like coverage of applied religion—detailing step-by-step vrata and pūjā procedures alongside its many other subjects (law, polity, medicine, arts), functioning as a compact ritual handbook within a broader encyclopedia.

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

By honoring major deities (Viṣṇu, Śiva, Gaṇeśa) and the directional guardians in proper order, the practitioner is understood to remove obstacles, secure protection from all quarters, and accrue vrata-merit through disciplined observance (including regulated sleep as part of the rite).