Agni Purana — Vastu-Pratishtha & Isana-kalpa, Shloka 23
Chapter 59 — अधिवासनकथनं
Adhivāsana: The Rite of Inviting and Stabilizing Hari’s Presence
झकारं करयोर् न्यस्य पाणितत्त्वं विचक्षणः जकारं पदयोर् न्यस्य छं पायौ चमुपस्थके
jhakāraṃ karayor nyasya pāṇitattvaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ jakāraṃ padayor nyasya chaṃ pāyau camupasthake
ผู้ปฏิบัติผู้รู้แจ้งพึงทำญาสะวางพยางค์ ‘ฌะ’ (jha) ไว้ที่มือทั้งสอง เพื่อสถาปนาปาณิตัตตวะ และพึงวางพยางค์ ‘ชะ’ (ja) ไว้ที่เท้าทั้งสอง อีกทั้งพึงวาง ‘ฉะ’ (cha) ที่ทวารหนัก และ ‘จะ’ (ca) ที่อวัยวะสืบพันธุ์
Lord Agni (instructing the sage Vasiṣṭha in ritual procedure)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Tantra","secondary_vidya":"Mantra","practical_application":"Anga/akshara-nyasa on karmendriyas and lower apertures: hands, feet, anus, and genitals—used for bodily consecration and control of action/impulse in ritual discipline.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Procedure","entry_title":"Nyasa for Hands (jha), Feet (ja), Anus (cha), and Genitals (ca)","lookup_keywords":["karmendriya-nyasa","hasta","pada","payu","upastha"],"quick_summary":"Install ‘jha’ on the hands (hand-principle), ‘ja’ on the feet, ‘cha’ on the anus, and ‘ca’ on the generative organ—ritually sealing action-organs within the mantra-body."}
Concept: Karmendriyas are brought under mantra-governance; bodily functions are not rejected but sacralized and regulated within sadhana.
Application: Use as a ‘kavaca’-like internal sealing before worship/meditation, supporting brahmacarya/indriya-nigraha and steadiness in posture and action.
Khanda Section: Puja-vidhi / Tantra (Nyasa and Mantra-anga-vinyasa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Yogin touches palms for ‘झ’, touches feet for ‘ज’, then indicates lower apertures (payu and upastha) with subtle, modest symbolic placement; protective aura forms a ‘kavaca’ around the body.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, full-body seated yogin, hands glowing with ‘झ’, feet with ‘ज’, subtle symbolic lotus marks near pelvic base for ‘छ’ and ‘च’, protective mandala ring.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore, gold-embossed hand and foot motifs with syllables, ornate kavacha-like aureole, modest iconographic symbolism for lower placements, rich ornamentation.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style didactic plate, clear hand/foot placement, discreet pelvic-base markers, labeled syllables, emphasis on practitioner’s discernment (vichakshana).","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, refined modest depiction with symbolic seals (small medallions) for payu/upastha, calligraphic syllables, courtly pavilion setting."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: करयोर् = करयोः; पदयोर् = पदयोः; चमुपस्थके = च + उपस्थके
Related Themes: Agni Purana 59 (anga-nyasa and matrika placements)
FAQs
It teaches a specific nyāsa sequence: assigning seed syllables to bodily loci—‘jha’ to the hands, ‘ja’ to the feet, ‘cha’ to the anus, and ‘ca’ to the genital organ—forming part of mantra-anga (limb) installation for worship.
Beyond mythology, the Agni Purana preserves precise, procedural ritual technology—letter-by-letter bodily installation (nyāsa)—showing its coverage of practical tantra/pujā methods alongside other sciences.
Nyāsa is intended to sacralize the body as a mantra-seat, purify the practitioner’s limbs, and align action (hands/feet) and generative energies (lower centers) with the invoked deity for effective, merit-bearing worship.