Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 8
Adhyāya 375 — समाधिः
Samādhi
वेदादिसर्वशास्त्रञ्च स्वयमेव प्रवर्तते अभीष्टछन्दोविषयं काव्यञ्चास्य प्रवर्तते
vedādisarvaśāstrañca svayameva pravartate abhīṣṭachandoviṣayaṃ kāvyañcāsya pravartate
Все учения — начиная с Веды и прочих шастр — сами собой возникают и продолжают своё течение; и для него также рождается поэзия, избирая своей областью желанные им размеры (чхандас).
Lord Agni (traditionally instructing Sage Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purana’s discourse frame)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: वेदादिसर्वशास्त्रञ्च = वेदादि-सर्व-शास्त्रम् + च; काव्यञ्चास्य = काव्यम् + च + अस्य.
FAQs
It conveys Sahitya-vidya in a technical sense: the activation/production (pravṛtti) of śāstric knowledge and the emergence of kāvya specifically governed by chandas (meter), emphasizing metrical competence as the operative domain of poetic composition.
By explicitly grouping “all śāstras beginning with the Veda” and then highlighting a specialized discipline (kāvya with chandas), the verse models the Agni Purana’s encyclopedic method—linking foundational revelation (Veda) to applied arts and sciences (literary theory and prosody).
The verse frames true learning and poetic expression as a naturally unfolding capacity aligned with dharmic knowledge; mastery of Veda-śāstra and disciplined speech (metered kāvya) is implied to refine intellect and purify expression, supporting merit through right understanding and cultured, restrained vāṇī (speech).