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 275
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agniruvāca |
yadorāsanpañca putrā jyeṣṭhasteṣu sahasrajit |
nīlāñjiko radhuḥ kroṣṭuḥ śatajicca sahasrajit || 1 ||
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śatajiddhaihayo reṇuhayo haya iti trayaḥ |
dharmmanetro haihayasya dharmmanetrasya saṃhanaḥ || 2 ||
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mahimā saṃhanasyāsīnmahimno bhadrasenakaḥ |
bhadrasenād durgamo'bhūddurgabhātkanako'bhavat || 3 ||
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kanakāt kṛtavīryyastu kṛtāgniḥ karavīrakaḥ |
kṛtaujāśca cacaturtho'bhūt kṛtavīryyāttu so'rjunaḥ || 4 ||
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datto'rjjunāya tapate saptadvīpamahīśatām |
dadau bāhusahasrañca ajeyatvaṃ raṇe'riṇā || 5 ||
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adharmmai vartta mānasya viṣṇuhastānmṛtirdhru bā |
daśa yajñasahasrāṇi so'rjjunaḥ kṛtavāntṛpaḥ || 6 ||
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anaṣṭadravyatā rāṣṭre tasya saṃsmaraṇādabhūt |
na nūnaṃ kārttavīryyasya gatiṃ yāsyanti vai nṛpāḥ || 7 ||
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yajñairddānaistapobhiśca vikrameṇa śrutena ca |
kārttavīryasya ca śataṃ puttrāṇāṃ pañca vai parāḥ || 8 ||
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sūrasenaśca sūraśca dhṛṣṭoktaḥ kṛṣṇa eva ca |
jayadhvajaśca nāmāsīdāvantyo nṛpatirmahān || 9 ||
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jayadhvajāttālajaṅghastālajaṅghāttataḥ sutāḥ |
haihayānāṃ kulāḥ pañca bhojāścāvantayastathā || 10 ||
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vītihotrāḥ svayaṃ jātāḥ śauṇḍikeyāstathaiva ca |
vītihotrādananto'bhūdanantāddurjjayo nṛpaḥ || 11 ||
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kroṣṭorvvaṃśaṃ pravakṣaayāmi yatra jāto hariḥsvayam |
kroṣṭostu vṛjinīvāṃśca svāhā'bhūdvṛjinīvataḥ || 12 ||
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svāhāputro ruṣadguśca tasya citrasthaḥ sutaḥ |
śaśavinduścitrarathāccakravarttī harau rataḥ || 13 ||
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śaśavindośca puttrāṇāṃ śatānāmabhavacchatam |
dhīmatāṃ cārurūpāṇāṃ bhūridraviṇatejasām || 14 ||
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pṛthuśravāḥ pradhāno'bhūttasya puttraḥ suyajñakaḥ |
suyajñasyośanāḥ putrastitikṣuruśanaḥ sutaḥ || 15 ||
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titikṣostu marutto'bhūttasmātkambalavarhiṣaḥ |
pañcāśadrukmakavacādrukmeṣuḥ pṛthurukmakaḥ || 16 ||
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havirjyāmaghaḥ pāpaghno jyāmaghaḥ strījito'bhavat |
sevyāyāṃ jyāmaghādāsīdvidarbastasya kauśikaḥ || 17 ||
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lomapādaḥ krathaḥ śreṣṭhāt kṛtiḥ syāllomapādataḥ |
kauśikasya cidiḥ putrastasmāccaidyā nṛpāḥ smṛtāḥ || 18 ||
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krathādvidarbhaputrāśca kuntiḥ kuntestu dhṛṣṭakaḥ |
dhṛṣṭasya nidhṛtistasya udarkākhyo vidūrathaḥ || 19 ||
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daśārhaputro vyomastu vyomājjīmūta ucyate |
jīmūtaputro vikalastasya bhīmarathaḥ sutaḥ || 20 ||
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bhīmarathānnavarathastato dṛḍha़ratho'bhavat |
śakuntiśca dṛḍha़rathāt śakunteśca karambhakaḥ || 21 ||
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karambhāddevalāto'bhut devakṣetraśca tatsutaḥ |
devakṣetrānmadhurnāma madhordravaraso'bhavat || 22 ||
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dravarasāt puruhuto'bhūjjanturāsīttu tatsutaḥ |
guṇī tu yādavo rājā jantuputrastu sāttvataḥ || 23 ||
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sāttvātādbhajamānastu vṛṣṇirandhaka eva ca |
devāvṛdhaśca tatvārasteṣāṃ vaṃśāstu viśrutāḥ4 || 24 ||
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bhajamānasya vāhyo'bhūdvṛṣṭiḥ kṛmirnimistathā |
devāvṛdhādvabhrurāsīttasya śloko'tra gīyate || 25 ||
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yathaiva śrṛṇumo dūrāt guṇāṃstadvatsamantikāt |
vabhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇaāṃ devairdevāvṛdhaḥ samaḥ || 26 ||
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catvāraśca sutā vabhrorvāsudevaparā nṛpāḥ |
kuhuro bhajamānastu śiniḥ kambalavarhiṣaḥ || 27 ||
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kuhurasya suto dhṛṣṇurdhṛṣṇostu tanayo dhṛtiḥ |
dhṛteḥ kapotaromābhūttasya putrastu tittiriḥ || 28 ||
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tittirestu naraḥ putrastasya candanadundubhiḥ |
punarvasustasya putra āhutaścāhukīsutaḥ || 29 ||
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āhukāddevako jajñe ugrasenastato'bhavat |
devavānupadevaśca devakasya sutāḥ smṛtā || 30 ||
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teṣāṃ svasāraḥ saptāsan vasudevāya tā dadau |
devakī śrutadevī ca mitradevī yaśodharā || 31 ||
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śrīdevī satyadevī ca surāpī ceti saptamī |
navograsenasya sutāḥ kaṃsasteṣāñca pūrvajaḥ || 32 ||
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nyagrodhaśca sunāmā ca kaṅkaḥ śaṅkuśca bhūmipaḥ |
sutanūrāṣṭrapālaśca yuddhamuṣṭiḥ sumuṣṭikaḥ || 33 ||
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bhajamānasya putro'tha rathamukhyo vidūrathaḥ |
rājādhidevaḥ śūraśca vidūrathasuto'bhavat || 34 ||
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rājādhidevaputrau dvau śoṇāśvaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ |
śoṇāśvasya sutāḥ pañca śamī śatrujidādaya || 35 ||
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śamīputraḥ pratikṣetraḥ pratikṣetrasya bhojakaḥ |
bhojasya hṛdikaḥ putro hṛdikasya daśātmajāḥ || 36 ||
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kṛtavarmmā śatadhanvā devārho bhīṣaṇādayaḥ |
devārhāt kambalavarhirasamaujāstato'bhavat || 37 ||
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sudaṃṣṭraśca suvāsaśca dhṛṣṭo'bhūdasamaujasaḥ |
gāndhārī caiva mādrī ca dhṛṣṭabhāryye babhūvatuḥ || 38 ||
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sumitro'bhūcca gāndhāryyāṃ mādrī jajñe yudhājitam |
anamitraḥ śinirdhṛṣṭāttato vai devamīḍhuṣaḥ || 39 ||
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anamitrasuto nighno nighnasyāpi prasenakaḥ |
satrājitaḥ praseno'tha maṇiṃ sūryyāt syamantakam || 40 ||
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prāpyāraṇye carantantu siṃho hatvā'grahīnmaṇiṃ |
hato jāmbatavatā siṃho jāmbavān hariṇā jitaḥ || 41 ||
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tasmānmaṇiṃ jāmbavatīṃ prāpyāgāddvārakāṃ purīm |
satrājitāya pradadau śatadhanvā jaghān tam || 42 ||
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hatvā śatadhanuṃ kṛṣaṇo maṇimādāya kīrttibhāk |
balayādavamukhyāgre akrūrānmaṇimarpayet || 43 ||
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mithyābhiśastiṃ kṛṣṇasya tyaktvā svargī ca sampaṭhan |
satrājito bhaṅgakāraḥ satyabhāmā hareḥ priyā || 44 ||
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anamitrācchinirjajñe satyakastu śineḥ sutaḥ |
satyakātsātyakirjajñe yuyudhānāddhunirhyabhūt || 45 ||
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dhuneryugandharaḥ putraḥ svāhyo'bhūta sa yudhājitaḥ |
ṛṣabhakṣetrakau tasya hyṛṣabācca svaphalkakaḥ || 46 ||
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svaphalkaputro hyakrūro akrūracca sūdhanvakaḥ |
śūrāttu vasudevādyāḥ pṛthā pāṇḍoḥ priyā'bhavat || 47 ||
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dharmmādyudhiṣṭhiraḥ pāṇḍorvāyoḥ kuntyāṃ vṛkodaraḥ |
indrāddhanañjayo mādryāṃ nakulaḥ sahadevakaḥ || 48 ||
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vasudevācca rohiṇyāṃ rāmaḥ sāraṇadurgamau |
vasudevācca devakyāmādau jātaḥ susenakaḥ || 49 ||
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kīrtimān bhadrasenaśca jārukhyo viṣṇudāsakaḥ |
bhadradehaḥ kaṃśa etān ṣaḍgarbhānnijaghāna ha || 50 ||
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tato balastataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ subhadrā bhadrabhāṣiṇī |
cārudeṣṇaśca śāmbādyāḥ kṛṣṇājjāmbavatīsutāḥ || 51 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 275
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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The Agni Purana (Hindi)
by (2013)
Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur; Title: अग्निपुराण (केवल हिन्दी अनुवाद); ISBN-10: 8129302934; ISBN-13: 9788129302939; 848 pages.
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Agni Purana (Kannada)
by Sreedharananda (2013)
Publisher: Pooja Pusthaka Bhandara, Bangalore; Title: ಅಗ್ನಿ ಪುರಾಣ; 560 pages.
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