Agni Purana — Agneya-vidya, Shloka 11
Sargaviṣayaka-varṇana — The Topics of Primary Creation
Sarga
पौर्णमासश् च सम्भूत्यां मरीचेरभवत् सुतः स्मृत्यामङ्गिरसः पुत्राः सिनीवाली कुहूस् तथा
paurṇamāsaś ca sambhūtyāṃ marīcerabhavat sutaḥ smṛtyāmaṅgirasaḥ putrāḥ sinīvālī kuhūs tathā
ସମ୍ଭୂତିଠାରୁ ମରୀଚିଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର ଭାବେ ପୌର୍ଣ୍ଣମାସ ଜନ୍ମିଲେ; ଏବଂ ସ୍ମୃତିଠାରୁ ଅଙ୍ଗିରସଙ୍କ ସନ୍ତାନ ଭାବେ ସିନୀବାଳୀ ଓ କୁହୂ ମଧ୍ୟ ଜନ୍ମିଲେ।
Lord Agni (narrating Purāṇic lineages to Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purāṇa’s discourse frame)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पौर्णमासश् → पौर्णमासः + च; मरीचेरभवत् → मरीचेः + अभवत्; स्मृत्यामङ्गिरसः → स्मृत्याम् + अङ्गिरसः; कुहूस् → कुहूः (visarga sandhi before sibilant in recitation).
FAQs
It encodes ritual-calendar theology by identifying Paurṇamāsa (full-moon/paurṇamāsa context) and the tithi-linked figures Sinīvālī and Kuhū within Prajāpati lineages—useful for mapping Vedic observances to their presiding deities/personifications.
By cataloguing progeny tied to lunar phases and rites, it functions like a reference index connecting cosmology, genealogy, and ritual timekeeping—one of the Agni Purāṇa’s hallmark encyclopedic methods.
Remembering and reciting such lineage-and-deity mappings is traditionally treated as purifying (smṛti/anuśravaṇa of sacred genealogies) and as aligning one’s ritual awareness with cosmic order (ṛta) expressed through lunar observances.