Agni Purana — Vastu-Pratishtha & Isana-kalpa, Shloka 35
अधिवासनं नाम निर्वाणदीक्षायाम्
Adhivāsana in the Nirvāṇa-dīkṣā
निवृत्तिं गर्भितां ध्यात्वा स्वमन्त्रेण नियोज्य च वमुद्रया रेचकेन कुम्भे संस्थाप्य ॐ हां निवृत्तिकलापाशाय नम इत्य् अनेनार्घ्यं दत्वा सम्पूज्य विमुखेनैव स्वाहान्तेनै सन्निधानायाहुतित्रयं सन्तर्पणाहुतित्रयं च दत्वा ॐ हां ब्रह्मणे नम इति ब्रह्माणमावाह्य सम्पूज्य च स्वाहान्तेन सन्तर्प्य ब्रह्मन् तवाधिकारे ऽस्मिन् मुमुक्षुं दोक्ष्ययाम्यहं
nivṛttiṃ garbhitāṃ dhyātvā svamantreṇa niyojya ca vamudrayā recakena kumbhe saṃsthāpya oṃ hāṃ nivṛttikalāpāśāya nama ity anenārghyaṃ datvā sampūjya vimukhenaiva svāhāntenai sannidhānāyāhutitrayaṃ santarpaṇāhutitrayaṃ ca datvā oṃ hāṃ brahmaṇe nama iti brahmāṇamāvāhya sampūjya ca svāhāntena santarpya brahman tavādhikāre 'smin mumukṣuṃ dokṣyayāmyahaṃ
เมื่อเพ่งภาวนา ‘นิวฤตติ-กลา’ ว่าเป็น ‘ครรภิตา’ (แฝงอยู่ภายในพิธี) และกำหนดด้วยมนตร์ของตนแล้ว พึงใช้ว-มุทราและการผ่อนลมหายใจออก (เรจะกะ) สถาปนาพลังนั้นไว้ในกุมภะ. ด้วยวาจา “โอม หาง นิวฤตติกลา-ปาศายะ นมะห์” พึงถวายอรฺฆยะและบูชาให้ครบถ้วน. ต่อจากนั้น เมื่อหันหน้าออกไป (วิมุขะ) พึงถวายอาหุติสามครั้งเพื่อสันนิธาน (การสถิตอยู่) และอาหุติสามครั้งเพื่อทัรปณะ (การยังให้พอ) ด้วยมนตร์ลงท้ายสวาหา. แล้วจึงกล่าว “โอม หาง พรหมเณ นมะห์” อาวาหนะพระพรหมา บูชาและทัรปณะด้วยอาหุติลงท้ายสวาหา พร้อมกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่พรหมัน ในเขตอำนาจของท่านนี้ ข้าพเจ้าจะเริ่มพิธีทีกษาแก่ผู้ใฝ่โมกษะ (มุมุกษุ)”
Lord Agni (instructing the sage Vasiṣṭha in ritual/tantric procedure)
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Concept: Śakti (kalā) is ritually ‘installed’ and made operative; adhikāra is conferred under Brahmā’s jurisdiction for dīkṣā of a mumukṣu.
Application: Ritual manual use: follow sequence for kumbha-sthāpana, arghya, homa counts (3+3), and Brahmā-āvāhana; contemplatively, link breath (recaka) and mudrā to stabilization of intention and presence.
Khanda Section: Pūjā-vidhi / Tantra-mantra (Nyāsa, Mudrā, Homa and Devatā-āvāhana)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: इत्य् अनेन → इति + अनेन; अनेनार्घ्यम् → अनेन + अर्घ्यम्; विमुखेनैव → विमुखेन + एव; स्वाहान्तेनै → स्वाहान्तेन + (ए) (textual sandhi/recitation); सन्निधानायाहुतित्रयम् → सन्निधानाय + आहुतित्रयम्; ब्रह्माणमावाह्य → ब्रह्माणम् + आवाह्य; तवाधिकारे → तव + अधिकारे; 'स्मिन् → अस्मिन्.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 84 (pūjā-vidhi: nyāsa, mudrā, homa, āvāhana sequence); Agni Purana mantra-kalā discussions in adjacent ritual chapters
FAQs
It teaches a precise tantric-pūjā sequence: meditate on and install Nivṛtti-kalā via nyāsa, establish it in a kumbha using Va-mudrā and recaka, offer arghya with a specific bīja-mantra, then perform homa—three oblations for sannidhāna and three for tarpana—followed by Brahmā-āvāhana and propitiation for initiating a mumukṣu.
Beyond mythic narration, it records operational ritual technology—mudrā, breath-control terminology (recaka), kumbha-installation, graded oblation counts, and deity-invocation logic—showing the Agni Purana as a compendium of applied mantra-śāstra and pūjā-vidhi.
By invoking Nivṛtti (withdrawal from bondage) and formally bringing Brahmā into the rite’s jurisdiction, the procedure ritually authorizes and purifies the initiation context, aligning the aspirant (mumukṣu) with liberation-oriented discipline and sanctioned transmission (dīkṣā).