Agni Purana — Agneya-vidya, Shloka 59
Chapter 24 — कुण्डनिर्माणादिविधिः
Procedure for Constructing the Fire-pit and Related Rites
वह्निमात्मनि संयोज्य विष्वक्सेनं विसर्जयेत् बुभुक्षुः सर्वमाप्नोति मुमुक्षुर् लीयते हरौ
vahnimātmani saṃyojya viṣvaksenaṃ visarjayet bubhukṣuḥ sarvamāpnoti mumukṣur līyate harau
将圣火阿耆尼（Agni）融入自身之后，应依仪式遣送（visarjana）毗湿伐克塞那（Viṣvaksena）。求享乐者得一切；求解脱者则融入诃利（Hari，即毗湿奴）。
Lord Agni (narrating the ritual procedure to Sage Vasiṣṭha)
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Concept: Bhukti–mukti polarity: the same worship can be oriented toward worldly fruition or liberation; inner agni symbolizes purified consciousness leading to Hari-sāyujya for the mumukṣu.
Application: Set intention (saṅkalpa) clearly; perform proper closure (visarjana) to avoid ritual incompletion; use inner-fire contemplation to shift from bhoga-orientation to mokṣa-orientation.
Khanda Section: Puja-vidhi / Mantra-yoga (Vishnu worship with Visvaksena-nyasa and mantra dismissal)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: vahnimātmani → vahnim + ātmani; sarvamāpnoti → sarvam + āpnoti; mumukṣur līyate → mumukṣuḥ + līyate (visarga sandhi).
Related Themes: Agni Purana 24 (puja-vidhi closure context); Agni Purana 25 (mantra orientation that follows)
FAQs
It teaches a specific closure step in Vishnu-rituals: internalizing Agni through nyāsa/inner-conjunction (vahnim ātmani saṃyojya) and then performing visarjana—formally dismissing Viṣvaksena, the protective attendant invoked for the rite.
It combines practical liturgical mechanics (invocation and dismissal of a deity in a structured puja) with a doctrinal summary of outcomes—bhoga (worldly attainment) and moksha (merging in Hari)—showing how the Agni Purana integrates ritual technology with soteriology.
Proper visarjana and inner-union of Agni signify completing the rite without leaving invoked energies ‘unresolved’; karmically, the practice is framed as efficacious for both worldly success (for bubhukṣu) and final liberation through absorption in Vishnu (for mumukṣu).