Agni Purana — Agneya-vidya, Shloka 8
Chapter 34 — होमादिविधिः
The Procedure for Homa and Related Rites
अस्त्रजप्तपुष्पक्षेपाद्विघ्नानुत्सार्य संविशेत् भूतशुद्धिं विधायाथ विन्यस्य कृतमुद्रवः
astrajaptapuṣpakṣepādvighnānutsārya saṃviśet bhūtaśuddhiṃ vidhāyātha vinyasya kṛtamudravaḥ
ਅਸਤ੍ਰ-ਮੰਤ੍ਰ ਨਾਲ ਜਪੇ ਹੋਏ ਫੁੱਲ ਛਿੜਕ ਕੇ ਵਿਘਨ ਦੂਰ ਕਰੇ ਅਤੇ ਫਿਰ ਪ੍ਰਵੇਸ਼ ਕਰੇ। ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਭੂਤ-ਸ਼ੁੱਧੀ ਕਰਕੇ, ਨਿਆਸ ਸਥਾਪਿਤ ਕਰੇ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਮੁਦਰਾਵਾਂ ਕਰਕੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਵਧੇ।
Lord Agni (in dialogue to sage Vasiṣṭha)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: astrajaptapuṣpakṣepādvighnānutsārya → astra-japta-puṣpa-kṣepāt + vighnān + utsārya (d from ablative -āt + v-). vidhāyātha → vidhāya + atha. kṛtamudravaḥ → kṛta-mudrā-vaḥ (bahir-sandhi; mudrā + -vat/ -vaḥ adjectival usage).
FAQs
It teaches the standard pre-entry ritual sequence: remove vighnas by throwing flowers empowered with the Astra-mantra, then perform bhūta-śuddhi, apply nyāsa (mantra-installation on the body), and complete the required mudrās.
It preserves a compact, technical manual of ritual praxis—Astra-mantra protection, elemental purification, nyāsa, and mudrā—showing the Agni Purana’s coverage of practical liturgy alongside its many other disciplines.
By expelling obstacles and purifying the elements before worship, the practitioner is made ritually fit (śuddha) and protected, so the rite becomes efficacious and less prone to disruption or impurity.