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 308

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[English text for this chapter is available]

agniruvāca |
vakṣaḥ savahnirvāmākṣau daṇḍī śrīḥ sarvvasiddhidā |
mahāśriye mahāsidde mahāvidyutprabhe namaḥ || 1 ||
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śriye devi vijaye namaḥ | gauri mahābale bandha namaḥ |
hūṃ mahākāye padmahaste hūṃ phaṭ śriyai namaḥ | śriyai phaṭ |
śriyai namaḥ | śriyai phaṭ śrīṃ namaḥ | śriye śrīda namaḥ svāhā śrīphaṭ |
asyāṅgāni navoktāni teṣvekañca samāśrayet |
trilakṣamekalakṣaṃ vā japtvākṣāvjaisca bhūtidaḥ || 2 ||
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śrīgehe viṣṇugehe vā śriyaṃ pūjya dhanaṃ labhet |
ājyāktaistaṇḍulairllakṣaṃ juhuyāt khādirānale || 3 ||
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rājā vaśyo bhavedvṛddhiḥ śrīśca syāduttarottaraṃ |
sarṣapāmbhobhiṣekeṇa naśyante śakalā grahāḥ || 4 ||
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vilvalakṣhutā lakṣmīrvittavṛddhiśca jāyate |
śakraveśma caturdvāraṃ hṛdaye cintayedatha || 5 ||
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balākāṃ vāmanāṃ śyāmāṃ śvetapaṅkajadhāriṇīm |
ūdrdhvavāhudvayaṃ dhyāyetkrīḍantīṃ dvāri pūrvavat || 7 ||
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haritāṃ dordvayenodrdhvamudvahantīṃ sitāmbujam |
dhyāyedvibhīṣikāṃ nāma śrīdūtīṃ dvāri paścime || 8 ||
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śāṅkarīmuttare dvāri tanmadhye'ṣṭadalapaṅkajam |
vāsudevaḥ saṅkarṣaṇaḥ pradyumnascāniruddhakaḥ || 9 ||
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dhyeyāste padmapatreṣu śaṅkacakragadādharāḥ |
añjanakṣīrakāśmīrahemābhāste suvāsasaḥ || 10 ||
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āgneyādiṣu patreṣu gugguluśca kuruṇṭakaḥ |
damakaḥ śalilaścaiti hastinā rajataprabhāḥ || 11 ||
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hemakumbhadharāścaite karṇikāyāṃ śriyaṃ smaret |
svetagandhāṃśukāmekaraumyamālāśtradhāriṇīṃ || 12 ||
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dhyātvā saparivārāntāmabhyarcya sakalaṃ labhet |
droṇāvjapuṣpaśrīvṛkṣaparṇaṃ mūdrdhni na dhārayet || 13 ||
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dhyātvā saparivārāntāmabhyarcya sakaraṃ labhet |
droṇāvjapuṣpaśrīvṛkṣaparṇaṃ mūdrdhni na dhārayet || 14 ||
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lavaṇāmalakaṃ varjjaṃ nāgādityatithau kramāt |
pāyasāśī japet sūktaṃ kṣiyastenābhiṣecayet || 15 ||
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āvāhādivisargāntāṃ mūdrdhni dhyātvārcyayet śriyam |
vilvājyāvjapāyasena pṛthag yogaḥ śriye bhavet || 16 ||
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oṃ hrīṃ mahāmahiṣamarhini ṭha ṭha mūlamantraṃ mahiṣahisake namaḥ |
mahiṣaśatruṃ bhrāmaya hūṃ phaṭ ṭha ṭha mahiṣaṃ heṣaya hūṃ mahiṣaṃ |
hana devi hūṃ mahiṣanisūdani phaṭ |
durgāhṛdayamityuktaṃ sāṅgaṃ sarvārthasādhakam || 17 ||
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yajedyathoktaṃ tāṃ devīṃ pīṭhañcaivāṅgamadhyāgam |
oṃ hrīṃ durge rakṣaṇi svāhā ceti durgāyai namaḥ | varavarṇyai namaḥ |
āryyāyai kanakaprabhāyai kṛttikāyai abhayapradāyai kanyakāyai surūpāyai |
patrasthāḥ pūjayedetā pūrttīrādyaiḥ svaraiḥ kramāt || 18 ||
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cakrāya śaṅkhāya gadāyai khaḍgāya dhanuṣe vāṇāya |
aṣṭamyādyairimāṃ durgā lokeśāntāṃ yajediti |
dargāyogaḥ samāyuḥśrīsvāmiraktājayādikṛt |
sasādhyesānamantreṇa tilahomo vaśīkaraḥ |
jayaḥ padmaistu durvvābhiḥ śāntiḥ kāmaḥ palāśajaiḥ || 20 ||
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puṣṭiḥ syāt kākapakṣeṇa mṛtidveṣādikaṃ bhavet |
grahakṣudrabhayāpattiṃ sarvameva manurharet || 21 ||
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oṃ durge durge rakṣaṇi svāhā |
rakṣākarīyamuditā jayadurgāṅgasaṃyutā |
śyāmāṃ trilocanāṃ devīṃ dhyātvātmānaṃ caturbhujam || 22 ||
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śaṅkhacakrāvjaśūlāditriśūlāṃ raudrarūpiṇīṃ |
yuddhādau sañjayedetāṃ yajet śaḍghādike jaye || 23 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 308

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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