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 162

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dharmaśāstrakathanaṃ |
puṣkara uvāca |
manurviṣṇuryājñavalko hārīto'triryamo'ṅigirāḥ |
vasiṣṭhadakṣasaṃvartaśātātapaparāśarāḥ || 1 ||
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āpastambośanovyāsāḥ kātyayanabṛhaspatī |
gotamaḥ śaṅkhalikhitau dharmamete yathābruvan || 2 ||
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tathā vakṣye samāsena bhuktimuktipradaṃ śṛṇu |
pravṛttañca nivṛttañca dvividhaṅkarma vaidikaṃ || 3 ||
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kāmyaṃ karma pravṛttaṃ syānnivṛttaṃ jñānapūrvakaṃ |
vedābhyāsastapo jñānamindiyāṇāñca saṃyamaḥ || 4 ||
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ahiṃsā gurusevā ca niḥśreyasakaraṃ paraṃ |
sarveṣāmapi caiteṣāmatmajñānaṃ paraṃ smṛtaṃ || 5 ||
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taccagryaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ prāpyate hyamṛtaṃ tataḥ |
sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani || 6 ||
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samampaśyannātmayājī svārājyamadhigacchati |
ātmajñāne same ca syādvedābhyāse ca yatnavān || 7 ||
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etaddvijanmasāmarthyaṃ brāhmaṇasya viśeṣataḥ |
vedaśāstrārthatattvajño yatra tatrāśrame vasan || 8 ||
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ihaiva loke tiṣṭhan hi brahmabhūyāya kalpyate |
svādhyāyānāmupākarma śrāvaṇyāṃ śrāvaṇena tu || 9 ||
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haste cauṣadhivāre ca pañcamyāṃ śrāvaṇasya vā |
pauṣamāsasya rohiṇyāmaṣṭakāyāmathāpi vā || 10 ||
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jalānte chandasāṅkuryādutsargaṃ vidhivadvahiḥ |
tryahaṃ preteṣvanadhyāyaḥ śiṣyartviggurubandhuṣu || 11 ||
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upākarmaṇi cotsargaṃ svaśākhāśrotriye tathā |
sandhyāgarjitanirghāte bhūkampolkānipātane || 12 ||
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samāpya vedaṃ hyaniśamāraṇyakamadhītya ca |
pañcadaśyāṃ caturdaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ rāhusūtake || 13 ||
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ṛtusandhiṣu bhuktvā vā śrādvikaṃ pratigṛhya ca |
paśumaṇḍūkanakulaśvāhimārjāraśūkaraiḥ || 14 ||
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kṛtentare tvahorātraṃ śakrapāte tathocchriye |
śvakroṣṭugardhabholūkamāsavāṇartunisvane || 15 ||
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amedhyaśavaśūdrāntyaśmaśānapatitāntike |
aśubhāsu ca tārāsu vidyutstanitasamplave || 16 ||
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bhutkvārdrapāṇirambhontarardharātre'timārute |
pāṃśuvarṣe diśāndāhe sandhyānīhārabhītiṣu || 17 ||
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dhāvataḥ prāṇibādhe ca viśiṣṭe gṛhamāgate |
kharoṣṭrayānahastyaśvanaukāvṛkṣādirohaṇe || 18 ||
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saptatriṃśadanadhyāyānetāṃstātkālikānviduḥ || 19 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 162

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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