Agni Purana — Mantra-shastra, Shloka 32
Derivation
Uddhāra) of the Sakalādi Mantra (सकलादिमन्त्रोद्धारः
नमस्कारयुतान्यत्र ब्रह्माङ्गानि तु नान्यथा द्वितीयादष्टौ यावदष्टौ विद्येश्वरा मताः
namaskārayutānyatra brahmāṅgāni tu nānyathā dvitīyādaṣṭau yāvadaṣṭau vidyeśvarā matāḥ
இங்கே பிரம்மாவின் அங்கங்களை நமஸ்காரத்துடன் (மனத்தில்) ந்யாசம் செய்ய வேண்டும்; வேறு விதமாக அல்ல. இரண்டாமதிலிருந்து எட்டாமதுவரை அவர்கள் ‘வித்யேஸ்வரர்’ எனக் கருதப்படுகின்றனர்.
Lord Agni (traditional Agni Purana narrator) instructing the sage Vasiṣṭha
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: नान्यथा→न+अन्यथा; द्वितीयादष्टौ→द्वितीयात्+अष्टौ
FAQs
It gives a procedural rule for brahmāṅga-nyāsa: the “limbs of Brahmā” are to be installed with explicit salutations (namaskāra) and in a fixed sequence; it also identifies the relevant deity-class as the Vidyeśvaras (second through eighth sets).
Beyond mythic narration, it preserves technical ritual taxonomy—how divine aspects are mapped onto a practitioner’s body/mind (nyāsa) and how deity groups (Vidyeśvaras) are enumerated—showing the text’s catalog-like coverage of worship technology.
Performing nyāsa “not otherwise” emphasizes correctness (vidhi), believed to purify the practitioner, stabilize mantra-power, and align the worshipper with the presiding deities of sacred knowledge (vidyā).