The Agni Purana

by N. Gangadharan | 1954 | 360,691 words | ISBN-10: 8120803590 | ISBN-13: 9788120803596

This page describes Vows observed on the eleventh Lunar day which is chapter 187 of the English translation of the Agni Purana, one of the eighteen major puranas dealing with all topics concerning ancient Indian culture, tradition and sciences. Containing roughly 15,000 Sanskrit metrical verses, subjects contained in the Agni-Purana include cosmology, philosophy, architecture, iconography, economics, diplomacy, pilgrimage guides, ancient geography, gemology, ayurveda, etc.

Chapter 187 - Vows observed on the eleventh Lunar day

[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]

Fire-god said:

1-9. I shall describe the vow (to be performed on the) eleventh (lunar) day that would yield enjoyment and emancipation. One should take restricted food, avoid (eating) flesh and copulation. He should not take food on the eleventh day in both the lunar fortnights. When there is a conjunction of the eleventh and twelfth (lunar) days (lord) Hari (Viṣṇu) is present therein. One gets the merit of doing hundred sacrifices by (such fasting and) taking food on the thirteenth (lunar) day. When a pare of the eleventh day exists followed by the twelfth day (if one fasts) and takes food on the thirteenth day one gets the merit of (doing) hundred sacrifices. One should never eat at the junction of tenth and eleventh (lunar) days. It would confer hell. One should fast on the eleventh day and take food the next day (and say) “O lotus-eyed! I am eating. O The unchanging one! (You) become my refuge”. When the asterism puṣya rules over the eleventh day of a bright fortnight one is said to get undiminishing benefit. It is known to be destroyer of sins. If the (asterism) śravaṇa marks the conjunction of the eleventh and twelfth (lunar) days, it is said to be victorious. It confers victory on the votaries. The same in the month of phālguna (March-April) and endowed with the (asterism) puṣya it is said to be victorious by pious men. (It is said to be of) crores and crores of virtues. One should worship lord Viṣṇu on the eleventh day. It confers all good, (makes one) wealthy and begets progeny in this world. It makes him honoured in the world of lord Viṣṇu.

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