Agni Purana [sanskrit]

97,288 words

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 121

[English text for this chapter is available]

agniruvāca |
jyotiḥśāstraṃ pravakṣyāmi śubhāśubhavivekadaṃ |
cāturlakṣasya sāraṃ yattajjñātvā sarvavidbhavet || 1 ||
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ṣaḍaṣṭake vivāho na na ca dvidvādaśe striyāḥ |
na trikoṇe hyatha prītiḥ śeṣe ca samasaptake || 2 ||
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dvidvādaśe trikoṇe ca maitrīkṣetrapayoryadi |
bhavedekādhipatyañca tārāprītirathāpi vā || 3 ||
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tathāpi kāryaḥ saṃyogo na tu ṣaṭkāṣṭake punaḥ |
jīve bhṛgau cāstamite mriyate ca pumān striyā || 4 ||
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gurukṣetragate sūrye sūryakṣetragate gurau |
vivāhaṃ na praśaṃsanti kanyāvaidhavyakṛdbhavet || 5 ||
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aticāre tripakṣaṃ syādvakre māsacatuṣṭayaṃ |
vratodvāhau na kurvīta gurorvakrāticārayoḥ || 6 ||
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caitre pauṣe na riktāsu harau supte kuje ravau |
candrakṣaye cāśubhaṃ syātsandhyākālaḥ śubhāvahaḥ || 7 ||
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rohiṇī cottarā mūlaṃ svātī hasto'tha revatī |
tule na mithune śasto vivāhaḥ parikīrtitaḥ || 8 ||
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vivāhe karṇabedhe ca vrate puṃsavane tathā |
prāśane cādyacūḍāyāṃ biddharkṣañca vivarjayet || 9 ||
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śravaṇe mūlapuṣye ca sūryamaṅgalajīvake |
kumbhe siṃhe ca mithune karma puṃsavanaṃ smṛtaṃ || 10 ||
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haste mūle mṛge pauṣṇe budhe śukre ca niṣkṛtiḥ |
arkendujīvabhṛguje mūle tāmbūlabhakṣaṇaṃ || 11 ||
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annasya prāśanaṃ śukre jīve mṛge ca maunake |
hastādipañcake puṣpe kṛttikāditraye tathā || 12 ||
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aśvinyāmatha revatyāṃ navānnaphalabhakṣaṇaṃ |
puṣpā hastā tathā jyeṣṭhā rohiṇī śravaṇāśvinau || 13 ||
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svātisaumye ca bhaiṣajyaṃ kuryādanyatra varjayet |
pūrvātrayaṃ maghā yāmyaṃ pāvanaṃ śravaṇatrayaṃ || 14 ||
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bhaumādityaśanervāre snātavyaṃ rogamuktitaḥ |
pārthive cāṣṭahrīṃkāraṃ madhye nāma ca dikṣu ca || 15 ||
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hrīṃ puṭaṃ pārthive dikṣu hrīṃ vidikṣu likhedvasūn |
gorocanākuṅkumena bhūrje vastre gale dhṛtaṃ || 16 ||
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śatravo vaśamāyānti mantreṇānena niścitaṃ |
śrīṃ hrīṃ sampuṭaṃ nāma śrīṃ hrīṃ patrāṣṭake kramāt || 17 ||
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gorocanākuṅkumena bhurje'tha subhagāvṛte |
gomadhyavāgamaḥ patre haridrāyā rasena ca || 18 ||
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śilāpaṭṭe'rīn stambhayati bhūmāvadhomukhīkṛṭaṃ |
oṃ hūṃ saḥ sampuṭannāma oṃ hūṃ saḥ patrāṣṭake kramāt || 19 ||
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gorocanākuṅkumena bhūrje mṛtyunivāraṇaṃ |
ekapañcanavaprītyai dviṣatdvādaśayogakāḥ || 20 ||
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trisaptaikādaśe lābho vedāṣṭadvādaśe ripuḥ |
tanurdhanañca sahajaḥ suhṛtsuto ripustathā || 21 ||
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jāyā nidhanadharmau ca karmāyavyayakaṃ kramāt |
sphuṭaṃ meṣādilagneṣu navatārābalaṃ vadet || 22 ||
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janma sampadvipatkṣemaṃ pratyariḥ sādhakaḥ kramāt |
nidhanaṃ mitrapramamitraṃ tārābalaṃ viduḥ || 23 ||
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dhāre jñaguruśukrāṇāṃ sūryācandramasostathā |
māghādimasāṣaṭke tu kṣīramādyaṃ praśasyate || 24 ||
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karṇabedho budhe jīve puṣye śravaṇacitrayoḥ |
pañcame'bde cādhyayanaṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ pratipadantyajet || 25 ||
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riktāṃ pañcadaśīṃ bhaumaṃ prārcya vāṇīṃ hariṃ śriyaṃ |
māghādimāsaṣatke tu makhalābandhanaṃ śubhaṃ || 26 ||
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cūḍākaraṇakādyañca śravaṇādau na śasyate |
astaṃ yāte guro śukre kṣīṇe ca śaśalāñchane || 27 ||
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upanītasya viprasya mṛtyuṃ jāḍyaṃ vinirdiśet |
kṣaurarkṣe śubhavāre ca samāvartanamiṣyate || 28 ||
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śubhakṣetre vilagneṣu śubhayuktekṣiteṣu ca |
aśvinīmaghācitrāsu svātīyāmyottarāsu ca || 29 ||
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punarvasau tathā puṣye dhanurvedaḥ praśasyate |
bharaṇyārdrā maghāśleṣā vahnibhagarkṣayostathā || 30 ||
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jijīviṣurna kurvīta vastraprāvaraṇaṃ naraḥ |
gurau śukre budhe vastraṃ vivāhādau na bhādikaṃ || 31 ||
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revatyaśvidhaniṣṭhāsu hastādiṣu ca pañcasu |
śaṅkhavidrumaratnānāṃ paridhānaṃ praśasyate || 32 ||
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yāmyasarpadhaniṣṭhāsu triṣu pūrveṣu vāruṇe |
krītaṃ hānikaraṃ dravyaṃ vikrītaṃ lābhakṛdbhavet || 33 ||
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aśvinīsvāticitrāsu revatyāṃ vāruṇe harau |
krītaṃ lābhakaraṃ dravayaṃ vikrītaṃ hānikṛdbhavet || 34 ||
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bharaṇī trīṇi pūrvāṇi ārdrāśleṣā maghānilāḥ |
vahnijyeṣṭāviśākhāsu svāmino nopatiṣṭhate || 35 ||
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dravyaṃ dattaṃ prayuktaṃ vā yatra nikṣipyate dhanaṃ |
uttare śravaṇe śākre kuryādrājābhiṣecanaṃ || 36 ||
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caitraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ tathā bhādramāśvinaṃ pauṣameva ca |
māghaṃ caiva parityajya śeṣamāse gṛhaṃ śubhaṃ || 37 ||
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aśvinī rohiṇī mūlamuttarātrayamaindavaṃ |
svātī hastānurādhā ca gṛhārambhe praśasyate || 38 ||
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ādityabhaumavarjantu vāpīprāsādake tathā |
siṃharāśigate jīve gurvāditye malimluce || 39 ||
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bāle vṛddhe'stage śukre gṛhakarma vivarjayet |
agnidāho bhayaṃ rogo rājapīḍā dhanakṣatiḥ || 40 ||
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saṅgrahe tṛṇakāṣṭhānāṃ kṛte śravaṇapañcake |
gṛhapraveśanaṃ kuryāddhaniṣṭhottaravāruṇe || 41 ||
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naukāyā ghaṭane dvitripañcasaptatrayodaśī |
nṛpadarśī dhaniṣṭhāsu hastāpauṣṇāśvinīṣu ca || 42 ||
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pūrvātrayandhaniṣṭhārdrā vahniḥ saumyaviśākhayoḥ |
aśleṣā cāśvinī caiva yātrāsiddhistu sampadā || 43 ||
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triṣūttareṣu rohiṇyāṃ sinībālī caturdaśī |
śravaṇā caiva hastā ca citrā ca vaiṣṇavī tathā || 44 ||
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goṣṭhayātrāṃ na kurvīta praveśaṃ naiva kārayet |
anilottararohiṇyāṃ mṛgamūlapunarvasau || 45 ||
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puṣyaśravaṇahasteṣu kṛṣikarma samācaret |
punarvasūttarāsvātībhagamūlendravāruṇe || 46 ||
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guroḥ śukrasya vāre vā vāre ca somabhāsvatoḥ |
vṛṣalagne ca kartavyaṅkanyāyāṃ mithune tathā || 47 ||
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dvipañca daśamī sapta tṛtīyā ca trayodaśī |
revatīrohiṇīndrāgnihastamaitrottareṣu ca || 48 ||
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mandāravarjaṃ vījāni vāpayetsampadarthyapi |
revatīhastamūleṣu śravaṇe bhagamaitrayoḥ || 49 ||
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pitṛdaive tathā saumye dhānyacchedaṃ mṛgodaye |
hastacitrāditisvātau revatyāṃ śravaṇatraye || 50 ||
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sthire lagne gurorvāre atha bhārgavasaumyayoḥ |
yāmyāditimaghājyeṣṭhāsūtareṣu praveśayet || 51 ||
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oṃ dhanadāya sarvadhaneśāya dehi me dhanaṃ svāhā |
oṃ nave varṣe ilādevi lokasaṃvardhani kāmarūpiṇi dehi me dhanaṃ svāhā |
patrasthaṃ likhitaṃ dhānyarāśisthaṃ dhānyavardhanaṃ |
tripūrvāsu viśākhāyāṃ dhaniṣṭhāvāruṇe'pi ca || 52 ||
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eteṣu ṣaṭsu vijñeyaṃ dhānyaniṣkramaṇaṃ budhaiḥ |
devatārāmavāpyādipratiṣṭhodaṅmukhe ravau || 53 ||
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mithunasthe ravau darśādyādi syāddvādaśī tithiḥ |
sadā tatraiva kartavyaṃ śayanaṃ cakrapāṇinaḥ || 54 ||
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siṃhatauliṅgate cārke darśādyadvādaśīdvayaṃ |
ādāvindrasamuptyānaṃ prabodhaśca hareḥ kramāt || 55 ||
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tathā kanyāgate bhānau durgoptyāne tathāṣṭamī |
tripādeṣu ca ṛkṣeṣu yadā bhadrā tithirbhavet || 56 ||
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bhaumādityaśanaiścāri vijñeyaṃ tattripuṣkaraṃ |
sarvakarmaṇyupādeyā viśuddhiścandratarayoḥ || 57 ||
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janmāśritastriṣaṣṭhaśca saptamo daśamastathā |
ekādaśaḥ śaśī yeṣānteṣāmeva śubhaṃ vadet || 58 ||
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śuklapakṣe dvītīyaśca pañcamo navamaḥ śubhaḥ |
mitrātimitrasādhakasapatkṣemāditārakāḥ || 59 ||
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janmanā mṛtyumāpnoti vipadā dhanasaṅkṣayaṃ |
pratyarau maraṇaṃ vidyānnidhane yāti pañcatāṃ || 60 ||
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kṛṣṇāṣṭamīdinādūrdhvaṃ yāvacchuklāṣṭamīdinaṃ |
tāvatkālaṃ śaśī kṣīṇaḥ pūrṇastatropari smṛtaḥ || 61 ||
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vṛṣe ca mithune bhānau jīve candrendradaivate |
paurṇamāsī gurorvāre mahājyeṣṭhī prakīrtitā || 62 ||
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aindre guruḥ śaśī caiva prājāpatye ravistathā |
pūrṇimā jyeṣṭhamāsasya mahājyaiṣṭhī prakīrtitā || 63 ||
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svātyantare yantraniṣṭhe śakrasyotthāpayeddhvajaṃ |
haryṛkṣapāde cāśvinyāṃ saptāhānte visarjayet || 64 ||
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sarvaṃ hemasamandānaṃ sarve brahmasamā dvijāḥ |
sarvaṃ gaṅgāsamantoyaṃ rāhugraste divākare || 65 ||
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dhvāṅkṣī mahodarī ghorā mandā mandākinī dvijāḥ |
rākṣasī ca krameṇārkātsaṅkrāntirnāmabhiḥ smṛtā || 66 ||
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bālave kaulave nāge taitile karaṇe yadi |
uttiṣṭhan saṅkramatyarkrastadā lokaḥ sukhī bhavet || 67 ||
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gare vave vaṇigviṣṭau kintughne śakunau vrajet |
rājño doṣeṇa loko'yampīḍyate sampadā samaṃ || 68 ||
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catuṣpādviṣṭivāṇijye śayitaḥ saṅkramedraviḥ |
durbhikṣaṃ rājasaṅgrāmo dampatyoḥ saṃśayo bhavet || 69 ||
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ādhāne janmanakṣatre vyādhau kleśādikaṃ bhavet |
kṛttikāyānnavadinantrirātraṃ rohiṇīṣu ca || 70 ||
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mṛgaśiraḥpañcarātraṃ ārdrāsu prāṇanāśanaṃ |
punarvasau ca puṣye ca saptarātraṃ vidhīyate || 71 ||
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navarātraṃ tathāśleṣā śmaśānāntaṃ maghāsu ca |
dvau māsau pūrvaphālgunyāmuttarāsu tripañcakam || 72 ||
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haste tu dṛśyate citrā ardhamāsantu pīḍanam |
māsadvayantathā svātirviśākhā viṃśatirdinaṃ || 73 ||
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maitre caiva daśāhāni jyeṣṭhāsvevārdhamāsakam |
mūle na jāyate mokṣaḥ pūrvāṣāḍhā tripañcakam || 74 ||
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uttarā dinaviṃśatyā dvau māsau śravaṇena ca |
dhaniṣṭhā cārdhamāsañca vāruṇe ca daśāhakam || 75 ||
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na ca bhādrapade mokṣa uttarāsu tripañcakam |
revatī daśarātrañca ahorātrantathāśvinī || 76 ||
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bharaṇyāṃ prāṇahāniḥ syādgāyatrīhomataḥ śubhaṃ |
pañcadhānyatilājyādyairdhenudānandvije śamaṃ || 77 ||
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daśā sūryasya ṣaṣṭhābdā indoḥ pañcadaśaiva tu |
aṣṭau varṣāṇi bhaumasya daśasaptadaśā budhe || 78 ||
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daśābdāni daśā paṅgorūnaviṃśadgurordṛśā |
rāhordvādaśavarṣāṇi bhārgavasyaikaviṃśatiḥ || 76 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 121

Cover of edition (1987)

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

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

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Cover of edition (2007)

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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Cover of edition (2023)

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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Cover of edition (2006)

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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Cover of edition (2013)

The Agni Purana (Hindi)
by (2013)

Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur; Title: अग्निपुराण (केवल हिन्दी अनुवाद); ISBN-10: 8129302934; ISBN-13: 9788129302939; 848 pages.

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Cover of edition (2013)

Agni Purana (Kannada)
by Sreedharananda (2013)

Publisher: Pooja Pusthaka Bhandara, Bangalore; Title: ಅಗ್ನಿ ಪುರಾಣ; 560 pages.

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