Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 70
Āgneya-Purāṇa-māhātmya
The Greatness and Self-Testimony of the Agni Purāṇa
पट्टिकाबन्धवस्त्रादि दद्याद् यः स्वर्गमाप्नुयात् यो दद्याद्ब्रह्मलोकी स्यात् पुस्तकं यस्य वै गृहे
paṭṭikābandhavastrādi dadyād yaḥ svargamāpnuyāt yo dadyādbrahmalokī syāt pustakaṃ yasya vai gṛhe
凡布施衣服等物——如带系带或扣结的布帛——者，得生天界。凡施舍经典书卷者，得住梵天世界；诚然，家中安置圣典之人，实为有福。
Lord Agni (in discourse to sage Vasiṣṭha, typical Agni Purana narration frame)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","secondary_vidya":"Dana-dharma","practical_application":"Guides householders in selecting meritorious gifts—especially clothing and sacred books—to accrue punya and support learning/ritual continuity.","sutra_style":true}
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Concept: Dāna as a dharmic means to attain higher lokas; vidyā-support (pustaka) is a superior gift linked with Brahmaloka.
Application: Prioritize gifts that sustain dharma—clothing for dignity/service and books for transmission of śāstra; maintain a sacred text in the home as a nitya-maṅgala.
Khanda Section: Dana-dharma (Charity and gifts; merit of donating sacred/religious items)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A householder respectfully offers folded garments with decorative bands and a palm-leaf manuscript/book to a learned recipient near a small domestic shrine; the book is also shown placed in a clean, elevated spot in the home.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural style, flat warm palette, stylized brahmin recipient and gṛhastha donor, folded vastra with patterned borders, palm-leaf manuscript bundle, domestic shrine lamp, serene devotional ambience, traditional ornamentation","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, gold-leaf highlights on the sacred book cover and garment borders, donor couple offering vastra and pustaka to a seated ācārya, rich textiles, temple-lamp glow, symmetrical composition","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting style, delicate linework, instructional clarity: donor hands presenting vastra and manuscript, labeled objects (vastra, pustaka), calm interior with shelf for sacred texts, soft pastel tones","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, detailed interior of a learned household, donor presenting garments and a bound manuscript, fine textile patterns, attentive onlookers, architectural niches, naturalistic faces and subdued jewel tones"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: svargamāpnuyāt = svargam + āpnuyāt; dadyādbrahmalokī = dadyāt + brahmalokī (final -t + b- → -db-); paṭṭikābandhavastrādi treated as samāhāra-dvandva with ādi.
Related Themes: Agni Purana Dana-dharma sections on anna-dāna, vastra-dāna, go-dāna, hiraṇya-dāna (adjacent phala passages); Agni Purana Purāṇa-māhātmya passages praising śāstra/itihāsa-purāṇa listening
FAQs
It teaches dāna-dharma: specific charitable gifts (clothing/cloth items and especially books/scriptures) and the graded spiritual results attributed to them.
By cataloging practical religious ethics—types of gifts and their outcomes—it adds a dharma/ritual-economy layer to the Agni Purana’s wide-ranging coverage (ritual, ethics, cosmology, and social duty).
Donating useful goods yields heavenly merit, while donating knowledge (a book/scripture) is ranked higher, leading to Brahmaloka—signaling the superior karmic fruit of supporting learning and sacred transmission.