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 304

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agniruvāca |
meṣaḥ saṃjñā viṣaṃ sājyamasti dīrghedakaṃ rasaḥ |
etat pañcākṣaraṃ mantraṃ śivadañca śivātmakaṃ || 1 ||
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tārakādi samabhyarccya devatvādi samāpnuyāt |
jñānātmakaṃ paraṃ brahma paraṃ buddhiḥ śivo hṛdi || 2 ||
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tacchaktibhūtaḥ sarvveśo bhinno brahmādimūrttibhiḥ |
mantrārṇāḥ pañca bhūtāni tanmantrā viṣayāstathā || 3 ||
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prāṇādivāyavaḥ pañca jñānakarmmendriyāṇi ca |
sarvaṃ pañcākṣaraṃ brahma tadvadaṣṭākṣarāntakaḥ || 4 ||
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gavyena prokṣayeddīkṣāsthānaṃ mantreṇa coditaṃ |
tantrasambhūtasambhāvaḥ śivamiṣṭvā vidhānataḥ || 5 ||
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mūlamūrttyaṅgavidyābhistaṇḍulakṣepaṇādikam |
kṛtvā caruñca yat kṣīraṃ punastadvibhajet tridhā || 6 ||
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nivedyaikaṃ paraṃ hutvā saśiṣyo'nyad bhajedguruḥ |
ācamya sakalīkṛtya dadyācchiṣyāya deśikaḥ || 7 ||
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dantakāṣṭhaṃ hṛdā japtaṃkṣīravṛkṣādisambhavam |
saṃśodhya dantān saṃkṣīptvā prakṣālyaitat kṣipedbhuvi || 8 ||
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pūrvveṇa saumyavārīśagaṃ śubhamatau śubham |
punastaṃ śiṣyamāyāntaṃ śikhābandhādirakṣitaṃ || 9 ||
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kṛtvā vedyāṃ sahānena svapeddarbhāstare budhaḥ |
suṣuptaṃ vīkṣya taṃ śiṣyaḥ prabhāte śrāvayed guruṃ || 10 ||
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śubhaiḥ siddhipadairbhaktistaiḥ punarmmaṇḍalārccanam |
maṇḍalaṃ bhadrakādyuktaṃ pūjayetsarvvasiddhidaṃ || 11 ||
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snātvācamya mṛdā dehaṃ mantrairālipya kalpyate |
śivatīrthe naraḥ snāyādaghamarṣaṇapūrvakam || 12 ||
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hastābhiṣekaṃ kṛtvātha prāyāt pūjādikaṃ budhaḥ |
mūlenābjāsanaṃ kuryyāttena pūrakakumbhakān || 13 ||
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ātmānaṃ yojayitvorddhvaṃ śikhānte dvādaśāṅgule |
saṃśoṣya dagdhavā svatanuṃ plāvayedamṛtena ca || 14 ||
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dhyātvā divyaṃ vapustasminnātmānañca punarnayet |
kṛtvaivaṃ cātmaśuddhiḥ syādvinyasyārccanamārabhet || 15 ||
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kramāt kṛṣṇasitaśyāmaraktapītā nagādayaḥ |
mantrārṇā daṇḍināṅgani teṣu sarvvāstu mūrttayaḥ || 16 ||
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aṅguṣṭhādikaniṣṭhāntaṃ vinyasyāṅgāni sarvvataḥ |
nyasenmantrākṣaraṃ pādaguhyahṛdvaktramūrddhasu || 17 ||
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vyāpakaṃ nyasya mūrddhādi mūlamaṅgāni vinyaset |
raktapītaśyāmasitān pīṭhapādān svakoṇajān || 18 ||
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svāṅgānmantrairnyased gātrāṇyadharmmādīni dikṣu ca |
tatra padmañca sūryyādimaṇḍala tritayaṃ guṇān || 19 ||
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pūrvvādipatre vāmādyā navamī karṇikopari |
vāmā jyeṣṭhā kramādraudrī kālī kalavikāriṇī || 20 ||
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balavikāriṇī cātha balapramathanī tathā |
sarvvabhūtadamanī ca navamī ca manonmanī || 21 ||
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śvetā raktā sitā pītā śyāmā vahninibhāṣitā |
kṛṣṇāruṇāśca tāḥ śaktīrjvālārūpāḥ smaret kramāt || 22 ||
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anantayogapīṭhe ca āvāhyātha hṛdabjataḥ |
sphaṭikābhaṃ caturbāhuṃ phalaśūladharaṃ śivam || 23 ||
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sābhayaṃ varadaṃ pañcavadanañca trilocanam |
patreṣu mūrttayaḥ pañca sthāpyāstatpuruṣādayaḥ || 24 ||
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pūrvve tatpuruṣaḥ śveto aghoro'ṣṭabhujo'sitaḥ |
caturbāhumukhaḥ pītaḥ sadyojātaśca paścime || 25 ||
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vāmadevaḥ strīvilāsī caturvaktrabhujo'ruṇaḥ |
saumye pañcāsya īśāne īśānaḥ sarvvadaḥ sitaḥ || 26 ||
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iṣṭāṅgāni yathānyāyamanantaṃ sūkṣmmarccayet |
siddheśvaraṃ tvekanetraṃ pūrvvādau diśi pūjayet || 27 ||
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ekarudraṃ trinetrañca śrīkaṇṭhañca śikhaṇḍinam |
aiśānyādividikṣvete vidyeśāḥ kamalāsanāḥ || 28 ||
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śvetaḥ pītaḥ sito rakto dhūmro rakto'ruṇaḥ sitaḥ |
śūlāśaniśareṣvāsavāhavaścaturānanāḥ || 29 ||
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umā caṇḍīśanandīśau mahākālo gaṇeśvaraḥ |
vṛṣo bhṛṅgariṭiskandānuttarādau prapūjayet || 30 ||
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kuliśaṃ śaktidaṇḍau ca khaḍgapāśadhvajau gadāṃ |
śūlaṃ cakraṃ yajet padmaṃ pūrvvādau devamarcya ca || 31 ||
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tato'dhivāsitaṃ śiṣyaṃ pāyayed gavyapañcakam |
ācāntaṃ prokṣya netrāntairnetre netreṇa bandhayet || 32 ||
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dvāre praveśayecchiṣyaṃ maṇḍapasyātha dakṣiṇe |
sāsanādikuśāsīnaṃ tatra saṃśodhayed guruḥ || 33 ||
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āditattvāni saṃhṛtya paramārthe layaḥ kramāt |
punarutpādayecchiṣyaṃ sṛṣṭimārgeṇa deśikaḥ || 34 ||
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nyāsaṃ śiṣye tataḥ kṛtvā taṃ pradakṣiṇamānayet |
paścimadvāramānīya kṣepayet kusumāñjalim || 35 ||
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yasmin patanti puṣpāṇi tannāmādyaṃ vinirddiśet |
pārśve yāgabhuvaḥ khāte kuṇḍe sannābhimekhale || 36 ||
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śivāgniṃ janayitveṣṭvā punaḥ śiṣyeṇa cārccayet |
dhyānenātmani taṃ śiṣyaṃ saṃhṛtya pralayaḥ kramāt || 37 ||
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punarutpādya tatpāṇau dadyāddarbhāṃśca mantritān |
pṛthivyādīni tattvāni juhuyād hṛdayādibhiḥ || 38 ||
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ekaikasya śataṃ hutvā vyomamūlena homayet |
hutvā pūrṇāhutiṃ kuryyādastreṇāṣṭāhutīrhunet || 39 ||
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prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhyarthaṃ tataḥ śeṣaṃ samāpayet |
kumbhaṃ samantritaṃ prārcyaṃ śiśuṃ pīṭhe'bhiṣecayet || 40 ||
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śiṣye tu samayaṃ datvā svarṇādyaiḥ svaguruṃ yajet |
dīkṣā pañcākṣarasyoktā viṣṇvāderevameva hi || 40 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 304

Cover of edition (1987)

The Agni Puranam (Anandashram Edition)
by Shri Chimna Apate (श्री चिमणा आपटे) (1987)

Publisher: Anandashram, Pune; 633 pages; Title: अग्निपुराणम्;

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Cover of edition (2007)

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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Cover of edition (2023)

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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Cover of edition (2006)

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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Cover of edition (2013)

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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Cover of edition (2013)

Agni Purana (Kannada)
by Sreedharananda (2013)

Publisher: Pooja Pusthaka Bhandara, Bangalore; Title: ಅಗ್ನಿ ಪುರಾಣ; 560 pages.

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