Agni Purana [sanskrit]

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This Sanskrit edition of the Agnipurana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. It contains either 382 or 383 chapters and over 10.000 verses (Sanskrit Shlokas).

Chapter 119

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[English text for this chapter is available]

agniruvāca |
lakṣayojanavistāraṃ jambūdvīpaṃ samāvṛtam |
lakṣyayojanamanena kṣīrodena samantataḥ || 1 ||
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saṃveṣṭya kṣāramudadhiṃ plakṣadvīpastathā sthitaḥ |
sapta medhātitheḥ putrāḥ plakṣadvīpeśvarāstathā || 2 ||
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syācchāntabhayaḥ śiśiraḥ sukhodaya itaḥ paraḥ |
ānandaśca śivaḥ kṣemo dhruvastannāmavarṣakaṃ || 3 ||
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maryādāśailo gomedhaścandro nāradadundbhī |
somakaḥ sumanāḥ śailo vaibhrājāstajjanāḥ śubhāḥ || 4 ||
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nadyaḥ pradhānāḥ saptātra plakṣācchākāntikeṣu ca |
jīvanaṃ pañcasāsraṃ dharmo varṇāśramātmakaḥ || 5 ||
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āryakāḥ kuravaścaiva viviṃśā bhāvinaśca te |
viprādyāstaiśca somo'rcyo dvilakṣaścābdhilakṣakaḥ || 6 ||
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mānenekṣurasodena vṛto dviguṇaśālmalaḥ |
vapuṣmataḥ sapta putrāḥ śālmaleśāstathābhavan || 7 ||
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śveto'tha haritaścaiva jīmūto lohitaḥ kramāt |
vaidyuto mānasaścaiva suprabho nāma varṣakaḥ || 8 ||
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dviguṇo dviguṇenaiva surodena samāvṛtaḥ |
kumudaścānalaścaiva tṛtīyastu valāhakaḥ || 9 ||
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droṇaḥ kaṃko'tha mahiṣaḥ kakudmān sapta nimnagāḥ |
kapilāścāruṇāḥ pītāḥ kṛṣṇāḥ syurbrāhmaṇādayaḥ || 10 ||
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vāyurūpaṃ yajanti sma surodenāyamāvṛtaḥ |
jyotiṣmataḥ kuśeśāḥ syurudbhijo dhenumān sutaḥ || 11 ||
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dvairatho laṃvano dhairyaḥ kapilaśca prabhākaraḥ |
viprādyā dadhimukhyāstu brahmarūpaṃ yajanti te || 12 ||
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vidrumo hemaśailaśca dyutimān puṣpavāṃstathā |
kuśeśayo hariḥ śailo varṣārthaṃ mandarācalaḥ || 13 ||
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veṣṭito'yaṃ ghṛtodena krauñcadvīpena so'pyatha |
krauñceśvarāḥ dyutimataḥ putrāstannāmavarṣakāḥ || 14 ||
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kuśalo manonugaścoṣṇaḥ pradhāno'thāndhakārakaḥ |
muniśca dundubhiḥ sapta sapta śailāśca nimnagāḥ || 15 ||
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krauñcaśca vāmnaścaiva tṛtīyaścāndhakārakaḥ |
devavṛtpuṇḍarīkaśca dundubhirdviguṇo mithaḥ || 16 ||
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dvīpā dvīpeṣu ye śailā yathā dvīpāni te tathā |
puṣkarāḥ puṣkalā dhanyāstīrthā viprādayo harim || 17 ||
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yajanti krauñcadvīpastu dadhimaṇḍodakāvṛtaḥ |
saṃvṛtaḥ śākadvīpena havyācchākeśvarāḥ sutāḥ || 18 ||
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jaladaśca kumāraśca sukumāro maṇīvakaḥ |
kuśottaratho modākī drumastannāmavarṣakāḥ || 19 ||
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udayākhyo jaladharo raivataḥ śyāmakodrakau |
āmvikeyastathā ramyaḥ keśarī sapta nimnagāḥ || 20 ||
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magā magadhamanasyā mandagāśca dvijātayaḥ |
yajanti sūryarūpaṃ tu śākaḥ kṣīrābdhinā vṛtaḥ || 21 ||
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puṣkareṇāvṛtaḥ so'pi dvau putrau savanasya ca |
masāvīto dhātakiśca varṣe dve nāmacihnite || 22 ||
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eko'drirmānasākhyo'tra madhyato valayākṛtiḥ |
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi vistārocchrāyataḥ samaḥ || 23 ||
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jīvanaṃ daśasāhasraṃ surairbrahmātra pūjyate |
svādūdakenodadhinā veṣṭito dvīpamānataḥ || 24 ||
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ūnātiriktatā cāpāṃ samudreṣu na jāyate |
udayāstamaneṣvindoḥ pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ || 25 ||
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daśottarāṇi pañcaiva aṅgulānāṃ śatāni vai |
apāṃ vṛddhikṣayau dṛṣṭau sāmudrīṇāṃ mahāmune || 26 ||
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svādūdakā bahuguṇā bhūrhaimī jantuvarjitā |
lokālokastataḥ śailo yojanāyutavistṛtaḥ || 27 ||
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lokālokastu tamasāvṛto'thāṇḍakaṭāhataḥ |
bhūmiḥ sāṇḍakaṭāhena pañcāśatkoṭivistarā || 28 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 119

The Agni Puranam (Anandashram Edition)
by Shri Chimna Apate (श्री चिमणा आपटे) (1987)

Publisher: Anandashram, Pune; 633 pages; Title: अग्निपुराणम्;

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Agni Purana with Hindi Translation
by Tarinish Jha and Dr. Ghanshayam Tripathi (तारिणीश् झा और डॉ. घनश्याम त्रिपाठी) (2007)

Publisher: Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad; 1199 pages; Title: अग्निपुराणम् (संस्कृत एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद);

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Agni Purana (Two Volumes)
by M. N. Dutt (2023)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Editor: K. L. Joshi.; ISBN-10: 8171101690; ISBN-13: 9788171101696; 1070 pages.

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Agni-Purana (Set of 4 Volumes)
by N. Gangadharan (2006)

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; ISBN: Part I 8120803590 (9788120803596); Part II 8120803604 (‎9788120803602); Part III 8120801741 (9788120801745); Part IV 812080306X (9788120803060); 1271 pages.

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