Agni Purana — Veda-vidhana & Vamsha, Shloka 19
Vedaśākhā-dikīrtana
Enumeration of the Vedic Branches) and Purāṇa-Vaṃśa (Lineages of Transmission
विद्यार्थिनाञ्च विद्यादमर्थिनां श्रीधनप्रदम् राज्यार्थिनां राज्यदञ्च धर्मदं धर्मकामिनाम्
vidyārthināñca vidyādamarthināṃ śrīdhanapradam rājyārthināṃ rājyadañca dharmadaṃ dharmakāminām
ပညာလိုလားသူတို့အား ပညာကို ပေးတတ်သည်။ ဥစ္စာလိုလားသူတို့အား ကံကောင်းမြတ်သော စည်းစိမ်နှင့် ဓနကို ပေးတတ်သည်။ နိုင်ငံတော်လိုလားသူတို့အား အာဏာအုပ်ချုပ်မှုကို ပေးတတ်သည်။ ဓမ္မကို ချစ်မြတ်နိုးသူတို့အား ဓမ္မကို ပေးတတ်သည်။
Lord Agni (in discourse to Sage Vasiṣṭha, typical Agni Purāṇa frame)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","secondary_vidya":"Stotra","practical_application":"Used as a phala-śruti promise to motivate recitation/hearing: students seek learning, householders seek wealth, rulers seek sovereignty, and the righteous seek dharma.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"List","entry_title":"Phala of Āgneya Purāṇa: Vidyā, Śrī-Dhana, Rājya, Dharma","lookup_keywords":["vidyā-phala","śrī-dhana","rājya-phala","dharma-phala","pāṭha-śravaṇa benefits"],"quick_summary":"The verse enumerates goal-specific benefits attributed to engagement with the text—education, prosperity, political power, and righteousness—framing Purāṇa study as universally useful."}
Alamkara Type: Yamaka/parallelism (repeated -arthinām…-pradam pattern)
Concept: Purāṇic engagement is presented as a multi-puruṣārtha facilitator: it supports artha (wealth), rājya (power), and dharma (righteous order), with vidyā as the enabling means.
Application: Align study with intention: students focus on disciplined learning; householders on ethical prosperity; leaders on just governance; seekers on dharmic conduct.
Khanda Section: Stotra-Mantra Phala (Benefits of Hymns) / Bhakti-vidhi (Devotional Practice)
Primary Rasa: Śānta
Secondary Rasa: Vīra
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Four groups approach the Purāṇa: students with writing tools, merchants with wealth symbols, kings with regalia, and dharma-seekers with prayer beads—each receiving their respective boon through recitation/hearing.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, segmented narrative panels: student receiving palm-leaf learning, merchant receiving Lakṣmī-like prosperity, king receiving crown and throne, ascetic receiving dharma light, bold outlines and temple lamp ambiance","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore, gold-highlighted boons: book, coins, crown, dharma-wheel; central manuscript as source, rich ornamentation, symmetrical devotional framing","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, clean didactic tableau with labeled figures (vidyārthin, arthin, rājārthin, dharmakāmin), refined shading, manuscript at center emitting four rays","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, court and bazaar juxtaposed with a small satsang, detailed costumes for student/merchant/king/ascetic, manuscript reader at center, fine border work"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: विद्यार्थिनाञ्च = विद्या-अर्थिनाम् + च; विद्यादम् = विद्या-दम्; श्रीधनप्रदम् = श्री-धन-प्रदम्; राज्यदञ्च = राज्य-दम् + च.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 270.20 (continued phalas)
FAQs
It states the phala (practical result) of devotional recitation/praise: it functions as a ‘vidyā-dam’—a means believed to confer learning and skill upon students and seekers.
By mapping spiritual practice to the four classical human aims—vidyā (learning), artha/śrī-dhana (prosperity), rājya (governance/sovereignty), and dharma (righteous order)—it shows how the text integrates devotion with education, economics, statecraft, and ethics.
It frames devotion (stuti/japa) as karmically efficacious: sincere practice is said to generate merit that supports both worldly attainments (learning, wealth, rule) and higher alignment with dharma.