Agni Purana — Agneya-vidya, Shloka 21
Explanation of the Vāsudeva and Related Mantras (वासुदेवादिमन्त्रनिरूपणम्)
वाय्वर्कौ करशाखासु सव्येतरकरद्वये हृदि मूर्तो तनावेष त्रिव्यूहे तुर्यरूपके
vāyvarkau karaśākhāsu savyetarakaradvaye hṛdi mūrto tanāveṣa trivyūhe turyarūpake
Ваю и Арку (Солнце) следует установить в «ветвях» пальцев, в обеих руках — левой и правой. А в сердце — установить Воплощённого Единого вместе с Танаваэшей (Tanāveṣa) в тройственном эманационном строе (trivyuha), в четвёртом, запредельном образе.
Lord Agni (teaching the sage Vasiṣṭha)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Tantra","secondary_vidya":"Mantra","practical_application":"Detailed kara-nyāsa and hṛdaya-nyāsa mapping of Vāyu–Arka and the embodied deity within a triadic emanation, culminating in the fourth transcendent placement for meditative stabilization.","sutra_style":true}
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Concept: Progression from functional forces (Vāyu/Arka) in the limbs to the heart-centered embodied divinity, then to turya (transcendent) integration beyond the triad.
Application: Use the mapping to unify breath (Vāyu), illumination (Arka), and inner fire/deity presence, culminating in non-distracted absorption (turya-bhāva).
Khanda Section: Puja-vidhi / Mantra-nyasa and Tantric visualization (Deity-placement on the body)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A body-mandala diagram: Vāyu and Sun installed along fingers and both hands; a radiant deity seated in the heart-lotus with an accompanying subtle form (Tanāveṣa), surrounded by three emanational layers, opening into a fourth transcendent glow.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, frontal figure with hands extended, finger segments marked with wind and sun symbols, heart-lotus with seated luminous deity, three concentric aura bands and an outer pure white turya radiance, stylized sacred geometry.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore, ornate hands with gold finger markings, sun medallions and wind scrolls, heart-lotus in embossed gold with central deity, triple aura rings, outer turya halo, jewel tones and heavy gold work.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style, clean instructional mapping of fingers and heart placement, subtle labels, soft gradients for three vyūhas and a distinct fourth luminous field, calm palette, precise linework.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, elegant figure with detailed hands, small sun and wind motifs on fingers, heart shown as a lotus window with tiny enthroned deity, layered halos indicating threefold array and a faint fourth glow, fine brushwork."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: वाय्वर्कौ = वायु-अर्कौ; करशाखासु = कर-शाखासु; सव्येतरकरद्वये = सव्य-इतर-कर-द्वये; तनावेष = तनु-आवेशः (IAST tanāveṣa); त्रिव्यूहे = त्रि-व्यूहे; तुर्यरूपके = तुर्य-रूपके.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 25.20 (Agni trimūrti nyāsa); Agni Purana 25.22 (Veda-nyāsa mapping); Agni Purana 25.23 (bhūta-nyāsa)
FAQs
It gives a nyāsa mapping: specific divine powers (Vāyu and the Sun) are installed in the fingers and hands, while a higher, embodied principle is installed in the heart as part of a tri-vyūha and a transcendent (turyā) form visualization.
Beyond mythology, the Agni Purana preserves practical liturgical technology—mantra-nyāsa, deity-placement, and layered metaphysics (vyūha/turyā)—showing its coverage of ritual science alongside other disciplines.
Nyāsa sacralizes the practitioner’s body as a mantra-seat, aiming at purification, steadiness of mind, and effective worship by aligning bodily loci (hands/heart) with divine energies and higher states of consciousness.