Agni Purana — Vastu-Pratishtha & Isana-kalpa, Shloka 44
Adhyāya 88 — निर्वाणदीक्षाकथनं
Teaching of the Nirvāṇa-Initiation
दिव्यं पिपीलिकास्पर्शं तस्मिन्नेवानुभूय च द्वादशान्ते परे तत्त्वे परमानन्दलक्षणे
divyaṃ pipīlikāsparśaṃ tasminnevānubhūya ca dvādaśānte pare tattve paramānandalakṣaṇe
เมื่อประจักษ์ ณ ที่นั้นเองถึงสัมผัสทิพย์ดุจการไต่แตะของมด จึงบรรลุ “ทวาทศานตะ” คือสภาวะสูงสุด อันมีลักษณะเป็นปรมานันทะ (ความปีติยิ่ง)
Lord Agni (teaching to sage Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purana’s instructional discourse)
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Concept: Experiential signs (sparśa) are gateways, not goals; the aim is realization of the supreme tattva (dvādaśānta) whose nature is paramānanda.
Application: When tingling arises, avoid excitement; keep breath smooth and attention steady, letting sensation refine into stable, blissful absorption.
Khanda Section: Yoga-vidya (Tantric-Yogic inner practice; Dvādaśānta-dhyāna)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: tasminnevānubhūya = tasmin eva anubhūya; paramānandalakṣaṇe = parama-ānanda-lakṣaṇe.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 88 (yogic culmination and inner signs)
FAQs
A yogic marker and method: recognizing the subtle ‘pipīlikā-sparśa’ (ant-like tingling) as an experiential sign while focusing at the Dvādaśānta, a key meditative locus associated with prāṇa’s culmination and entry into the supreme principle.
It shows the text’s breadth beyond myth and ritual by preserving precise inner-practice terminology (Dvādaśānta, experiential signs like tingling, paramānanda-tattva), aligning the Purana with practical yoga/tantra manuals alongside its many other disciplines.
It points to direct realization: the practitioner moves from a subtle bodily sign to absorption in the supreme Reality characterized by highest bliss—an indicator of inner purification and progress toward liberation (mokṣa).