Agni Purana — Veda-vidhana & Vamsha, Shloka 1
Sāma-vidhāna
Procedure of the Sāman Hymns
इत्य् आगेनेये महापुराणे यजुर्विधानं नामोनषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः अथ षष्ठ्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः सामविधानं पुष्कर उवाच युजुर्विधानङ्कथितं वक्ष्ये साम्नां विधानकं संहितां वैष्णवीञ्जप्त्वा हुत्वा स्यात् सर्वकामभाक् शान्तातीयं गणं हुत्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति मानवः
ity āgeneye mahāpurāṇe yajurvidhānaṃ nāmonaṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ atha ṣaṣṭhyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ sāmavidhānaṃ puṣkara uvāca yujurvidhānaṅkathitaṃ vakṣye sāmnāṃ vidhānakaṃ saṃhitāṃ vaiṣṇavīñjaptvā hutvā syāt sarvakāmabhāk śāntātīyaṃ gaṇaṃ hutvā śāntimāpnoti mānavaḥ
ดังนี้ในอัคนิเยมหาปุราณะ บทชื่อ “ยชุรวิธานะ” (บทที่ ๒๕๙) ได้จบลงแล้ว บัดนี้เริ่มบทที่ ๒๖๐ คือ “สามวิธานะ” ปุษกรกล่าวว่า “พิธีวิธีแห่งยชุรเวทได้กล่าวแล้ว บัดนี้เราจักกล่าวพิธีวิธีแห่งบทสรรเสริญสามัน เมื่อสวดไวษณวีสังหิตาและบูชาไฟด้วยอาหุติ ย่อมสำเร็จความปรารถนาทั้งปวง เมื่อถวายอาหุติแด่ศานตาตียคณะ มนุษย์ย่อมได้ความสงบ”
Puṣkara
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Mantra","secondary_vidya":"Vrata","practical_application":"Sāma-mantra japa with homa to obtain iṣṭa-kāma (desired aims) and śānti through specified gaṇa-offerings.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Procedure","entry_title":"Sāma-vidhāna: Vaiṣṇavī-saṃhitā japa and Śāntātīya-gaṇa homa","lookup_keywords":["Sāmavidhāna","Vaiṣṇavī Saṃhitā","Śāntātīya gaṇa","homa phala","sarvakāma-śānti"],"quick_summary":"Recite the Vaiṣṇavī Saṃhitā and perform oblations for sarvakāma-siddhi; offer into the Śāntātīya-gaṇa for pacification and peace."}
Concept: Mantra-japa and homa as upāya for kāmya-siddhi and śānti.
Application: Adopt a disciplined recitation-and-offering regimen with the specified saṃhitā and gaṇa to cultivate peace and fulfill intentions.
Khanda Section: Veda-Mantra Prayoga & Homa-Vidhi (Vedic Ritual Procedures)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A ritual setting where Puṣkara instructs the sāma-vidhāna: a yajña-kuṇḍa with offerings, a reciter chanting the Vaiṣṇavī Saṃhitā, and a calm pacificatory fire-offering to the Śāntātīya gaṇa.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural style: Puṣkara as a sage-teacher beside a blazing homa-kuṇḍa, assistants holding ladles, palm-leaf manuscript labeled ‘Vaiṣṇavī Saṃhitā’, serene palette, sacred fire central, minimal background architecture.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting: central homa fire with ornate altar, Puṣkara seated with manuscript, gold-leaf highlights on ritual vessels (sruk, sruva, kalaśa), haloed deities implied as gaṇa presences, rich reds and greens.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting: instructional ritual diagram feel—clearly drawn kuṇḍa, offerings, priest posture, labeled elements ‘Vaiṣṇavī’, ‘Śāntātīya’, soft shading, precise linework.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature: courtly atelier depiction of a Vedic rite in a pavilion, detailed textiles, small fire altar, sage reciting, attendants offering ghee, marginal notes indicating ‘Sāma-vidhāna’ and ‘śānti’."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"devotional","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ity āgeneye: ‘ity’ = iti + (following vowel); nāmona… read as ‘nāma ūna-ṣaṣṭy-adhika-dviśatatamaḥ’; ’dhyāyaḥ = adhyāyaḥ with avagraha; vaiṣṇavīñjaptvā = vaiṣṇavīm + japtvā; śāntimāpnoti = śāntim + āpnoti.
Related Themes: Agni Purana: Yajur-vidhāna (preceding chapter); Agni Purana: Homa-vidhi and gaṇa-homa sections within Veda-mantra prayoga
FAQs
It introduces the Sāma-Veda ritual procedure (Sāma-vidhāna): recitation (japa) of the Vaiṣṇavī Saṃhitā followed by fire-offerings (homa), and a specific śānti-homa by offering to the Śāntātīya gaṇa for attaining peace.
It shows the text functioning as a ritual handbook: it transitions from Yajur-vidhāna to Sāma-vidhāna, cataloging Vedic applications (mantra-recitation, homa targets, desired results) alongside other domains elsewhere in the Purāṇa.
The verse frames homa and mantra-japa as result-bearing acts: the Vaiṣṇavī Saṃhitā practice is said to grant desired aims (sarvakāma), while offerings to the Śāntātīya host are explicitly linked to pacification and inner/outer peace (śānti).