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 198

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māsavratāni |
agniruvāca |
māsavratakamākhyāsye bhuktimuktipradāyakaṃ |
āṣāḍhādicaturmāsamabhyaṅgaṃ varjayetsudhīḥ || 1 ||
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vaiśākhe puṣpalavaṇantyaktvā godo nṛpo bhavet |
godo māsopavāsī ca bhīmavratakaro hariḥ || 2 ||
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āṣāḍhādicaturmāsaṃ prātaḥsnāyī ca viṣṇugaḥ |
māghe māsyatha caitre vā guḍadhenuprado bhavet || 3 ||
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guḍavratastṛtīyāyāṃ gaurīśaḥ syānmahāvratī |
mārgaśīrṣādimāseṣu naktakṛdviṣṇulokabhāk || 4 ||
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ekabhaktavratī tadvaddvādaśīvratakaṃ pṛṭhak |
phalavratī caturmāsaṃ phalaṃ tyaktvā pradāpayet || 5 ||
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śrāvaṇādicaturmāsaṃ vrataiḥ sarvaṃ labhedvratī |
āṣāḍhasya site pakṣe ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ || 6 ||
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cāturmāsyavratānāntu kurvīta parikalpanaṃ |
āṣāḍhyāñcātha saṅkrāntau karkaṭasya hariṃ yajet || 7 ||
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idaṃ vrataṃ mayā deva gṛhītaṃ puratastava |
nirvighnāṃ siddhimāyātu prasanne tvayi keśava || 8 ||
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gṛhīte'smin vrate deva yadyapūrṇe mriye hyahaṃ |
tanme bhavatu sampūrṇaṃ tvatprasādājjanārdana || 9 ||
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māṃsādi tyaktvā vipraḥ syāttailatyāgī hariṃ yajet |
ekāntaropavāsī ca trirātraṃ viṣṇulokabhāk || 10 ||
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cāndrāyaṇī viṣṇulokī maunī syānmuktibhājanaṃ |
prājāpatyavratī svargī śaktuyāvakabhakṣakaḥ || 11 ||
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gugdhādyāhāravān svargī pañcagavyāmbubhktathā |
śākamūlaphalāhārī naro viṣṇupurīṃ vrajet || 12 ||
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māṃsavarjī yavāhāro rasavarjī hariṃ vrajet |
kaumudavratamākhyāsye āśvine samupoṣitaḥ || 13 ||
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dvādaśyāṃ pūjayedviṣṇuṃ pralipyābjotpalādibhiḥ |
ghṛtena tilatailena dīpanaivedyamarpayet || 14 ||
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oṃ namo vāsudevāya mālatyā mālayā yajet |
dharmakāmārthamokṣāṃśca prāpnuyātkaumudavratī || 15 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 198

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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