Agni Purana — Veda-vidhana & Vamsha, Shloka 24

अध्याय १ — यजुर्विधानम्

Agni Purana, Chapter 259: Yajur-vidhāna

Devanagari script

सहस्रमन्त्रितां कृत्वा तथा गोरोचनां द्विज तिलकञ्च तथा कृत्वा जनस्य प्रियतामियात्

Transliteration

sahasramantritāṃ kṛtvā tathā gorocanāṃ dvija tilakañca tathā kṛtvā janasya priyatāmiyāt

Translation

اے دوجنمہ! گوروچنا کو ہزار بار منتر-جپ سے مُعَوَّذ کر کے، اور اسی سے تلک لگا لے تو آدمیوں میں محبوب ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• sahasra-mantritām: (a thing) consecrated with a thousand mantras
• sahasra-mantritām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + mantrita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √mantr)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सहस्रेण मन्त्रिता)

• kṛtvā: having done/made
• kṛtvā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• go-rocānām: gorocanā (yellow pigment from cow)
• go-rocānām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + rocanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (गोरोचना = गोमय/गोपीत-रञ्जकद्रव्य, ‘cow’s bile/yellow pigment’)

• dvija: O twice-born
• dvija: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• tilakam: tilaka mark
• tilakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tilaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• kṛtvā: having done/made
• kṛtvā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• janasya: of people / of the person
• janasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• priyatām: dearness, affection
• priyatām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (क्वचित् प्रियताम् इति कर्मरूपेण)

• iyāt: should attain
• iyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √i (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lord Agni (instructing the sage Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purana’s ritual-technical sections)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shringara

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: sahasramantritāṃ→sahasra-mantritām; tilakañca→tilakam+ca; priyatāmiyāt→priyatām+iyāt.

Characters & Entities

• Gorocana
• Tilaka
• Mantra

FAQs

What technical or ritual knowledge (Vidya) is imparted in this verse?

It teaches a mantra-prayoga: gorocanā is to be mantra-empowered through 1,000 recitations and then applied as a tilaka to produce social favor (priyatā).

How does this verse contribute to the 'Encyclopedic' nature of the Agni Purana?

Beyond mythology, the Agni Purana catalogs practical ritual technologies—mantra-siddha substances, cosmetic-ritual applications (tilaka), and their stated effects—showing its wide-ranging compendium style.

What is the spiritual or karmic significance of this specific instruction?

By combining mantra-japa with a sanctified tilaka, the act is framed as a dharmic, auspicious rite intended to harmonize one’s social relations and attract goodwill through ritually purified means.