Marmasthan | The Vital Points
The points of the Vastu Purusha Mandala that must never be obstructed by a pillar, wall, beam, or fixture — sourced from Brihat Samhita Ch.53, with the classical two-tier structure most modern summaries collapse into one.
1. Ordinary Marmasthala
The geometric centre of every one of the 81 padas is a Marmasthala (vital point), each sized 1/8 the area of its pada (Brihat Samhita 53.57, 53.64). No pillar, peg, or impurity may fall on one.
2. Atimarma — the 9 great points
The 6 Vamsha lines intersect in exactly 9 points — the Atimarma, the most severe vital points in the whole plan (Brihat Samhita 53.63-64).
The 6 Vamsha Lines
Each connects two named pada-devatas on the outer ring; their 9 pairwise intersections (computed geometrically, not hand-picked) are the Atimarma points shown above.
| Line | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Roga – Vayu | Roga (N1) | Vayu (S1) |
| Pitri – Agni | Pitri (W1) | Agni (E1) |
| Vitatha – Sesha | Vitatha (S3) | Sesha (Shosha) (W7) |
| Mukhya – Bhrisha | Mukhya (N3) | Bhrisha (E7) |
| Jayanta – Bhringaraja | Jayanta (E3) | Bhringaraja (S7) |
| Aditi – Sugriva | Aditi (N7) | Sugriva (W3) |
Consequence & What's Not Verified
Per Brihat Samhita 53.58 and 53.67-68, obstructing a vital point harms the house's master in the body-part corresponding to the pada violated — the text maps padas to body parts (head, eyes, ears, breast, shoulder, etc.) and states the affliction follows the same mapping. This is a preventive rule, not a corrective one: the classical text gives no remedy verse for an already-obstructed marma.
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