Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 25
Chapter 378: Brahma-jñāna
Knowledge of Brahman
तस्या ब्रह्मणि संयोगो योग इत्य् अभिधीयते विनिष्पन्दः समाधिस्थः परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति
tasyā brahmaṇi saṃyogo yoga ity abhidhīyate viniṣpandaḥ samādhisthaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati
ਉਸ (ਮਨ) ਦਾ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਯੋਗ ‘ਯੋਗ’ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਸਮਾਧੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਟਿਕ ਕੇ, ਕੰਪਨ-ਰਹਿਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ, ਸਾਧਕ ਪਰਮ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।
Lord Agni (in dialogue tradition of the Agni Purana, instructing the sage Vasiṣṭha)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: योगः + इति → योग इति; इति + अभिधीयते → इत्यभिधीयते; ब्रह्म + अधिगच्छति → ब्रह्माधिगच्छति
FAQs
It defines yoga technically as brahma-saṃyoga (union with Brahman) and states that viniṣpanda—cessation of mental vibration—while established in samādhi culminates in realization of the Supreme Brahman.
Alongside ritual, polity, and other sciences, the Agni Purana also preserves concise yoga–vedānta doctrine: a definitional statement of yoga, a practical meditative criterion (viniṣpanda), and the soteriological goal (brahman-attainment).
It presents liberation (mokṣa) as the fruit of stabilized samādhi: when mental movements subside and consciousness rests in Brahman, one transcends ordinary karmic bondage through direct realization.