Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 9
Chapter 374 — ध्यान (Dhyāna) — Colophon & Transition to Dhāraṇā
स्वयं याति परं पदमिति ख तिर्यक्चाधोर्ध्वभागेभ्यः प्रयान्त्यो ऽतीव तेजसा चिन्तयेत् साधकेन्द्रस्तं यावत्सर्वं महामुने
svayaṃ yāti paraṃ padamiti kha tiryakcādhordhvabhāgebhyaḥ prayāntyo 'tīva tejasā cintayet sādhakendrastaṃ yāvatsarvaṃ mahāmune
“ਇਹ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਪਰਮ ਪਦ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ”—ਇਹ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਹੈ। ਤਿਰਛੇ, ਹੇਠਲੇ ਅਤੇ ਉੱਪਰਲੇ ਭਾਗਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਜਦੋਂ ਉਹ ਧਾਰਾਵਾਂ ਅਤਿ ਤੇਜ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸਥਾਨ ਕਰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ, ਹੇ ਮਹਾਮੁਨੇ, ਤਦੋਂ ਸਾਧਕਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ ਨੂੰ ਉਹ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆ ਪੂਰੀ ਹੋਣ ਤੱਕ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਚਿੰਤਨ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ।
Lord Agni (teaching) to Sage Vasiṣṭha (addressed as mahāmune)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पदमिति → पदम् + इति; तिर्यक्चाधोर्ध्वभागेभ्यः → तिर्यक् + च + अधः + ऊर्ध्वभागेभ्यः; प्रयान्त्यो ऽतीव → प्रयान्त्यः + अतीव; साधकेन्द्रस्तं → साधकेन्द्रः + तम्
FAQs
A dhyāna-vidhi: the sādhaka is instructed to contemplate the radiant departing movements of subtle currents/energies from the side, lower, and upper regions until the process is fully realized, leading toward paramapada.
It exemplifies the Agni Purana’s inclusion of practical yogic/tantric meditation methods alongside its other disciplines—showing that the text is not only mythic narration but also a manual of applied spiritual technologies.
Sustained contemplation of the luminous inner process is presented as a direct means toward the supreme state (mokṣa/paramapada), emphasizing inner purification and liberation through disciplined awareness.