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 222

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puṣkara uvāca |
durgasampattimākhyāsye durgadeśe vasennṛpaḥ |
vaiśyaśūdrajanaprāyo'hyanāhāryyastathāparaiḥ || 1 ||
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kiñcid brāhmaṇasaṃyukto bahukarmmakarastathā |
adevamātṛko bhaktajalo deśaḥ praśasyane || 2 ||
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parairapīḍītaḥ puṣpaphaladhānyasamanvitaḥ || 1 ||
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agamyaḥ paracakrāṇāṃ vyālataskaravarjitaḥ || 3 ||
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ṣaṇṇāmekatamaṃ durgaṃ tacca kṛtvā vased balī |
dhanurduṃrgaṃ mahīdurgaṃ naradurgaṃ tathaiva ca || 4 ||
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vārkṣañcaivāmbudurgañca giridurgañca bhārgava |
sarvottamaṃ śailadurgamabhedyaṃ cānyabhedanaṃ || 5 ||
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pūrantatra ca haṭṭādyadevatāyatanādikaṃ |
anuyantrāyudhopetaṃ sodakaṃ durgamuttamaṃ || 6 ||
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rājarakṣāṃ pravakṣyāmi rakṣyo bhūpo viṣāditaḥ |
pañcāṅgastu śirīṣaḥ syānmūtrapiṣṭo vipārddanaḥ || 7 ||
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śatāvarī chinnaruhā viṣaghnī taṇḍulīyakaṃ |
koṣātakī ca kalhārī brāhmī citrapaṭolikā || 8 ||
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maṇḍūkaparṇī vārāhī dhātryānandakameva ca |
unmādinī somarājī viṣaghnaṃ ratnameva ca || 9 ||
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vāstulakṣaṇasaṃyukte vasan durge surānyajet |
prajāśca pālayed duṣṭāñjayeddānāni dāpayet || 10 ||
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devadravyādiharaṇāt kalpantu narake vaset |
devālayāni kurvīta devapūjārato nṛpaḥ || 11 ||
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surālayāḥ pālanīyāḥ sthāpanīyāśca devatāḥ |
mṛṇmayāddārujaṃ puṇyaṃ dārujādiṣṭakāmayaṃ || 12 ||
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aiṣṭakācchailajaṃ puṇyaṃ śailajāt svarṇaratnajaṃ |
krīḍan suragṛhaṃ kurvan bhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt || 13 ||
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citrkṛd gītavādyādiprekṣaṇīyādidānakṛt |
tailājyamadhudugdhādyaiḥ snāpya devaṃ divaṃ vrajet || 14 ||
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pūjayet pālayedviprān dvijasvanna harennṛpaḥ |
suvarṇamekaṃ gāmekāṃ bhūmerapyekamaṅgulaṃ || 15 ||
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harannarakamāpnoti yāvadāhūtasamplavaṃ |
durācāranna dviṣecca sarvapāpeṣvapi sthitaṃ || 16 ||
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naivāsti brāhmaṇabadhāt pāpaṃ gurutaraṃ kvacit |
adaivaṃ daivataṃ kuryyuḥ kuryyurddaivamadaivataṃ || 17 ||
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brāhmaṇā hi mahābhāgāstānnamasyetsadaiva tu || 2 ||
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brāhṇaṇī rudatī hanti kulaṃ rājyaṃ prjāstathā || 18 ||
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sādhvīstrīṇāṃ pālanañca rājā kuryyācca dhārmikaḥ |
striyā prahṛṣṭayā bhāvyaṃ gṛhakāryaikadakṣayā || 19 ||
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susaṃmkṛtopaskarayā vyaye cāmuktahastayā |
yasmai dadyātpitā tvenāṃ śuśraṣettaṃ pati sadā || 20 ||
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mṛte bharttari svaryyāyāt brahmacarye sthitāṅganā |
paraveśmarucirnna syānna syāt kalahaśālinī || 21 ||
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maṇḍanaṃ varjayennārī tathā proṣitabhartṛkā |
devatārādhanaparā tiṣṭhedbharttṛhite ratā || 22 ||
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dhārayenmaṅgalārthāya kiñcidābharaṇantathā |
bhartrāgni yā viśennārī sāpi svargamavāpnuyāt || 23 ||
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śriyaḥ sampūjanaṅkāryyaṃ gṛhasammārjanādikaṃ |
dvādaśyāṃkāttike viṣṇuṃ gāṃ savatsāṃ dadettathā || 24 ||
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sāvitryā rakṣito bharttā satyācārabratena ca || 3 ||
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saptamyāṃ mārgaśīrṣe tu site'bhyarcya divākaraṃ || 25 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 222

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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