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 246

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agniruvāca |
ratnānāṃ lakṣaṇāṃ vakṣye ratnaṃ dhāryyamidaṃ napaiḥ |
vajraṃ marakataṃ ratnaṃ padmarāgañca mauktikaṃ || 1 ||
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indranīlaṃ mahānīlaṃ vaidūryyaṃ gandhaśasyakaṃ |
candrakāntaṃ sūryakāntaṃ sphaṭikaṃ pulakaṃ tathā || 2 ||
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karketanaṃ pūṣparāgaṃ tathā jyotīrasaṃ dvija |
sphaṭikaṃ rājapaṭṭañca tathā rājamayaṃ śubhaṃ || 3 ||
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saugandhikaṃ tathā gañjaṃ śaṅkhabrhmamayaṃ tathā |
gomedaṃ rudhirākṣañca tathā bhallātakaṃ dvija || 4 ||
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dhūlīṃ marakatañcaiva tuthakaṃ sīsameva ca |
pīluṃ pravālakañcaiva girivajraṃ dvijottama || 5 ||
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bhūjaṅgamamaṇiñcaiva tathā vajramaṇiṃ śubhaṃ |
ṭiṭṭibhañca tathā piṇḍaṃ bhrāmarañca tathotpalaṃ || 6 ||
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suvarṇapratibaddhāni ratnāni śrījayādike |
antaḥprabhāvaṃ vaimalyaṃ susaṃsthānatvameva ca || 7 ||
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sudhāryā naiva dhāryyāstu niṣprabhā malināstathā |
khaṇḍāḥ saśarkarā ye ca praśastaṃ vajradhāraṇam || 8 ||
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ambhastarati yadvajramabhedyaṃ vimalaṃ ca yat |
ṣaṭkoṇaṃ śakracāpābaṃ laghu cārkanibhaṃ śubham || 9 ||
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śukapakṣanibhaḥ snigdhaḥ kāntimānvimalastathā |
svarṇacūrṇanibhaiḥ sūkṣmairmarakataśca vindubhiḥ || 10 ||
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sphaṭikajāḥ padmarāgāḥ syū rāgavanto'tinirmmalāḥ |
jātavaṅgā bhavantīha kuruvindasamudbhavāḥ || 11 ||
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saugandhikotthāḥ kāṣāyā muktāphalāstu śuktijāḥ |
vimalāstebhya utkṛṣṭā ye ca śaṅakhodbhavā mune || 12 ||
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nāgadantabhavāścāgryāḥ kumbhaśūkaramatsyajāḥ |
veṇunāgabhavāḥ śreṣṭhā mauktikaṃ nāgajaṃ varaṃ || 13 ||
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vṛttatvaṃ śuklatā svācchyaṃ mahattvaṃ mauktike guṇāḥ |
indranīlaṃ śubhaṃ kṣīre rajate bhrājate'dhikaṃ1 || 14 ||
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rañjayet svaprabhāveṇa tamamūlyaṃ vinirddiśet |
nīlaraktantu vaidūryyaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ hārādikaṃ bhajet2 || 15 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 246

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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