Agni Purana — Raja-dharma, Shloka 37

Abhiṣeka-mantrāḥ

Consecration Mantras

Devanagari script

अनवद्या सुकेशी च मेनकाः सह जन्यया क्रतुस्थला घृताची च विश्वाची पुञ्जिकस्थला

Transliteration

anavadyā sukeśī ca menakāḥ saha janyayā kratusthalā ghṛtācī ca viśvācī puñjikasthalā

Translation

อนวัทยาและสุเกศี; เมนกาพร้อมชันยา; กรตุสถลา; ฆฤตาจี; วิศวาจี; และปุญชิกัสถลา—เหล่านี้คืออัปสราที่กล่าวไว้ ณ ที่นี้

Word by Word

• अनवद्या: Anavadyā
• अनवद्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनवद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• सुकेशी: Sukeśī
• सुकेशी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + केशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (descriptive): सु-केशी ‘good-haired’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मेनकाः: Menakās (Menakā and others)
• मेनकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेनका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (पाठभेद/रूपभेद: मेनका-शब्दस्य प्रथमा बहुवचनरूपम्); नाम

• सह: together with
• सह: Saha (सह/साकं)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (preposition/adverb), तृतीया-सहयोगार्थे

• जन्यया: with Janyā
• जन्यया: Saha (सह/साकं)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• क्रतुस्थला: Kratusthalā
• क्रतुस्थला: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु + स्थला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): क्रतोः स्थला; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• घृताची: Ghṛtācī
• घृताची: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत + अची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative, conventional name); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विश्वाची: Viśvācī
• विश्वाची: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वाची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• पुञ्जिकस्थला: Puñjikasthalā
• पुञ्जिकस्थला: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुञ्जिक + स्थला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पुञ्जिकायाः स्थला; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

Speaker

Lord Agni (narrating to Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purana’s primary dialogue frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: Adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: Shringara

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: No major external sandhi beyond conjunctions; names listed in nominative.

Characters & Entities

• Anavadyā
• Sukeśī
• Menakā
• Janyā
• Kratusthalā
• Ghṛtācī
• Viśvācī
• Puñjikasthalā
• Apsarases

FAQs

What technical or ritual knowledge (Vidya) is imparted in this verse?

This verse primarily transmits onomastic and cosmological knowledge: a canonical enumeration of Apsaras names used in Purāṇic catalogues, recitation, and cross-referencing of divine lineages and attendants.

How does this verse contribute to the 'Encyclopedic' nature of the Agni Purana?

By preserving structured name-lists of celestial beings (Apsarases), the Agni Purana functions as a reference compendium—supporting mythology, cosmology, and intertextual identification across epics and Purāṇas.

What is the spiritual or karmic significance of this specific instruction?

In Purāṇic tradition, respectful recitation and remembrance of divine beings and their canonical names is treated as a merit-bearing act that supports devotion (smaraṇa) and purifies speech through accurate sacred remembrance.