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 251

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agniruvāca |
jitahasto jitamatirjjitadṛglakṣyasādhakaḥ |
niyatāṃ siddhimāsādya tato vāhanamāruhet || 1 ||
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daśahasto bhavet pāśo vṛttaḥ karamukhastathā |
guṇakārpāsamuñjānāṃ bhaṅgasnāyvarkkavarmmiṇām || 2 ||
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anyeṣāṃ sudṛḍhānāñca sukṛtaṃ pariveṣṭitam |
tayā triṃśatsamaṃ pāśaṃ budhaḥ kuryyāt suvarttiṃtam || 3 ||
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karttavyaṃ śikṣakaistasya sthānaṃ kakṣāsu vai tadā |
vāmahastena saṅgṛhya dakṣiṇenoddharettataḥ || 4 ||
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kuṇḍalasyākṛtiṃ kṛtvā bhrāmyaikaṃ mastakopari |
kṣipet tūṇamaye tūrṇaṃ puruṣe carmaveṣṭite || 5 ||
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valgite ca plute caiva tathā pravrajiteṣu ca |
samayogavidhiṃ kṛtvā prayuñjīta suśikṣitam || 6 ||
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vijitvā tu yathānyāyaṃ tato bandhaṃ samācaret |
kaṭyāmbaddhvā tataḥ khaḍgaṃ vāmapārśvāvalambitam || 7 ||
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dṛḍhaṃ vigṛhya vāmena niṣkarṣeddakṣiṇena tu |
ṣaḍaṅgulaparīṇāhaṃ saptahastasamucchitaṃ || 8 ||
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ayomayyaḥ śalākāśca varmāṇi vividhāni ca |
arddhahaste same caiva tiryyagūdrdhvagataṃ tathā || 9 ||
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yojayedvidhinā yena tathātvaṅgadataḥ śrṛṇu |
tūṇacarmāvanaddhāṅgaṃ sthāpayitvā navaṃ dṛḍhaṃ || 10 ||
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kareṇādāya laguḍaṃ dakṣiṇāṅgulakaṃ navaṃ |
udyamya ghātayedyasya nāśastena śiśordṛḍhaṃ || 11 ||
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ubhābhyāmatha hastābyāṃ kuryyāttasya nipātanaṃ |
akleśena tataḥ kurvan badhe siddhiḥ prakīrttitā || 12 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 251

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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