Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 12
Chapter 374 — ध्यान (Dhyāna) — Colophon & Transition to Dhāraṇā
स्फुरच्छीकरसंस्मर्शप्रभूते हिमगामिभिः धाराभिरखिलं विश्वमापूर्य भुवि चिन्तयेत्
sphuracchīkarasaṃsmarśaprabhūte himagāmibhiḥ dhārābhirakhilaṃ viśvamāpūrya bhuvi cintayet
พึงภาวนาว่าโลกทั้งมวลบนแผ่นดินถูกท่วมเต็มด้วยสายน้ำที่เคลื่อนไปดุจหิมะ เย็นและชำระล้าง อุดมด้วยสัมผัสแห่งละอองหยดน้ำที่วาบวับ.
Lord Agni (Agni Purana’s primary narrator, instructing the sage Vashistha)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Tantra","secondary_vidya":"Philosophy","practical_application":"Bhāvanā (creative visualization) for purification: imagining the world flooded by cool, snow-like streams with sparkling spray to induce inner cooling, clarity, and cleansing of subtle impressions.","sutra_style":false}
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Dosha: Pitta
Alamkara Type: Rupaka
Concept: Mind can be purified through sustained, sensory-rich contemplation; the ‘world-flood’ image dissolves boundaries and washes saṃskāras.
Application: Use cooling, expansive imagery during meditation to counter inner heat, restlessness, and narrow self-sense; maintain continuity until the felt sense of cleansing stabilizes.
Khanda Section: Yoga-Dhyana / Bhavana (Meditative Visualization within ritual-purificatory practice)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"The earth-world seen from a human vantage, completely flooded by countless cool, snow-like streams; sparkling droplets flash in the air, creating a luminous mist of purification over landscapes and beings.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, stylized rivers and cascading streams in pale blues and whites, shimmering spray rendered as dotted highlights, the whole landscape washed clean, serene palette and symmetrical composition","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, gold accents for sparkling droplets, layered blue-white streams covering the earth, ornate borders, divine purity atmosphere without specific deity focus","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, clean illustrative landscape with multiple flowing channels, emphasis on clarity and cooling tones, fine brushwork for spray droplets, calm horizon","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, detailed terrain—fields, trees, small figures—overlaid with translucent blue-white water sheets and fine stippled spray, delicate cloud bands, refined border"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Shree","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"contemplative"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्फुरच्छीकर... = स्फुरत् + शीकर... (t + ś → cch); विश्वमापूर्य = विश्वम् + आपूर्य.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 374 (sequence of dhyāna/bhāvanā steps); Agni Purana yoga-related passages on visualization and inner purification
FAQs
A bhāvanā (guided visualization) method: the practitioner mentally floods the world with cool, purifying streams filled with sparkling spray, used as a contemplative purification technique.
Beyond mythology, the Agni Purana catalogs practical disciplines—here, a precise meditative procedure (dhyāna/bhāvanā) that functions like a ritual tool for purification, showing its coverage of yoga and applied spiritual techniques.
The imagery of cool, cleansing torrents symbolizes washing away inner heat, agitation, and impurity; sustained contemplation is framed as a purificatory act that supports mental clarity and reduction of karmic taint.