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 325

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īśvara uvāca |
rudrākṣakaṭakaṃ dhāryyaṃ viṣamaṃ susamaṃ dṛḍham |
ekatripañcavadanaṃ yathālābhantu dhārayet || 1 ||
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dvicatuḥṣaṇmukhaṃ śastamavraṇaṃ tīvrakaṇṭhakaṃ |
dakṣavāhau śikhādau ca dhārayeccaturānanaṃ || 2 ||
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abrahmacārī brahmacārī asnātaḥ snātako bhavet |
haimī vā mudrikā dhāryyā śivamantreṇa cārccya tu || 3 ||
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śivaḥ śikhā tathā jyotiḥ savitraścetigocarāḥ |
gocarantu kulaṃ jñeyaṃ tena lakṣaayastu dīkṣaitaḥ || 4 ||
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prājāpatyo mahīpālaḥ kapoto granthikaḥ śive |
kuṭilāścaiva vetālāḥ padmahaṃsāḥ śikhākule || 5 ||
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dhṛtārāṣṭrā bakāḥ kākā gopālā jyotisaṃjñake |
kuṭikā sāraṭhāścaiva guṭikā daṇḍino'pare || 6 ||
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sāvitrī gocare caivamekaikastu caturvidhaḥ |
siddhādyaṃśakamākhyāsye yena mantraḥ susiddhidaḥ || 7 ||
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bhūmau tu mātṛkā lekhyāḥ kūṭaṣaṇḍavivarjjitāḥ |
mantrākṣarāṇi viśliṣya anusvāraṃ nayet pṛthak || 8 ||
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sādhakasya tu yā saṃjñā tasyā viśleṣaṇaṃ caret |
mantrasyādau tathā cānte sādhakārṇāni yojayet || 9 ||
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siddhaḥ sādhyaḥ susiddho'riḥ saṃjñāto gaṇayet kramāt |
mantrasyādau tathā cānte siddhidaḥ syācchatāṃśataḥ || 10 ||
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siddhādiścāntasiddhiśca tatkṣaṇādeva sidhyati |
susuddhādiḥ susiddhāntaḥ siddhavat parikalpayet || 11 ||
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arimādau tathānte ca dūrataḥ parivarjjayet |
siddhaḥ susiddhaścaikārthe ariḥ sādhyastathaiva ca || 12 ||
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ādau siddhaḥ sthito mantre tadante tadvadeva hi |
madhye ripusahasrāṇi na doṣāya bhavanti hi || 13 ||
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māyāprasādapraṇavenāṃśakaḥ khyātamantrake |
brahmāṃśako brhmavidyā viṣṇvaṅgo vaiṣṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ || 14 ||
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rudrāṃśako bhavedvīra indrāṃśaśceśvarapriyaḥ |
nāgāṃśo nāgastabdhākṣo yakṣāṃśo bhūṣaṇapriyaḥ || 15 ||
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gandharvvāśo'tigītādi bhīmāṃśo rākṣasāṃśakaḥ |
daityāṃśaḥ syād yuddhakāryyo mānī vidyādharāṃśakaḥ || 16 ||
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piśācāṃśo malākrānto mantraṃ dadyānnirīkṣya ca |
mantra ekāt phaḍa़ntaḥ syāt vidyāpañcāśatāvadhi || 17 ||
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bālā viṃśākṣarāntā ca rudrā dvāviṃśagāyudhā |
tata ūrddhvantu ye mantrā vṛdvā yāvacchatatrayaṃ || 18 ||
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akārādihakārāntāḥ kramāt pakṣau sitāsitau |
anusvāravisargeṇa vinā caiva svarā daśa || 19 ||
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hrasvāḥ śuklā dīrghāḥ śyāmāṃstithayaḥ pratipanmukhāḥ |
udite śāntikādīni bhramite vaśyakādikam || 20 ||
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bhrāmite sandhayo dveṣoccāṭane stambhane'stakam |
ihāvāhe śāntikādyaṃ piṅgale karṣaṇādikam || 21 ||
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māraṇoccāṭanādīni viṣuve pañcadhā pṛthak |
adharasya gṛhe pṛthvī ūrddhve tejo'ntarā dravaḥ || 22 ||
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randhrapārśve bahirvāyuḥ sarvaṃ vyāpya maheśvaraḥ |
stambhanaṃ pārthive śāntirjjale vaśyādi tejase || 23 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 325

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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