Agni Purana — Chapter 102
AgP 102.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे प्रासादकृत्यप्रतिष्ठा नामैकाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {१०२} :श् अथ द्व्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ध्वजारोपणं ईश्वर उवाच चूलके ध्वजदण्डे च(४) ध्वजे देवकुले तथा प्रतिष्ठा च यथोद्दिष्टा(५) तथा स्कन्द वदामि ते(६)
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe prāsādakṛtyapratiṣṭhā nāmaikādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {102} :ś atha dvyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ dhvajāropaṇaṃ īśvara uvāca cūlake dhvajadaṇḍe ca(4) dhvaje devakule tathā pratiṣṭhā ca yathoddiṣṭā(5) tathā skanda vadāmi te(6)
Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred and first chapter, called "the consecration accompanying the temple rites." (Chapter 102.) Now the one hundred and second chapter: the raising of the banner. Īśvara said: Concerning the finial, the banner-staff, the banner, and the god's shrine, and the installation as it has been prescribed — thus, Skanda, I shall tell you.
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AgP 102.2
तडागार्धप्रवेशाद्वा यद्वा सवार्धवेशनात् ऐष्टके दारुजः(७) शूलः शैलजे धाम्नि शैलजः(८)
taḍāgārdhapraveśādvā yadvā savārdhaveśanāt aiṣṭake dārujaḥ(7) śūlaḥ śailaje dhāmni śailajaḥ(8)
Either by insertion up to half of the tank, or else by an insertion of half its own (length): in a brick (shrine) the shaft is of wood, in a stone edifice it is of stone.
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AgP 102.3
वैष्णवादौ च चक्राढ्यः कुम्भः स्यान्मूर्तिमानतः स च त्रिशूलयुक्तस्तु अग्रचूलाभिधो मतः(९)
vaiṣṇavādau ca cakrāḍhyaḥ kumbhaḥ syānmūrtimānataḥ sa ca triśūlayuktastu agracūlābhidho mataḥ(9)
And in Vaiṣṇava (shrines) and the like the pot(-finial) is furnished with a discus, and so has a form; but that same one, joined with a trident, is held to be called the agracūlā ("top-crest").
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AgP 102.4
:न् १ सन्निध्याबोधनमिति ख॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च २ विधायैवेति ज॥ ३ प्रकृत्या तु इति ख॥ ४ चूडके ध्वजदण्डे वा इति ज॥ ५ यथादिष्टा इति झ॥ ६ तथा ह्य् अहं वदामि ते इति ङ॥ ७ ऐष्टे दारुभव इति घ॥ , ज॥ च ८ तडागार्धेत्यादिः, शैलज इत्य् अन्तः पाठो झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति ९ अग्रं चूडाभिधो मत इति घ॥ । अस्रचूलादिदोषत इति छ॥ गृहचूडाभिधो मत इति ङ॥ । अग्रं चूडादिदोषत इति ख॥ :प् ३४५ ईशशूलः(१) समाख्यातो मूर्ध्नि लिङ्गसमन्वितः वीजपूरकयुक्तो वा शिवशास्त्रेषु तद्विधः
:n 1 sannidhyābodhanamiti kha.. , cha.. , ja.. ca 2 vidhāyaiveti ja.. 3 prakṛtyā tu iti kha.. 4 cūḍake dhvajadaṇḍe vā iti ja.. 5 yathādiṣṭā iti jha.. 6 tathā hy ahaṃ vadāmi te iti ṅa.. 7 aiṣṭe dārubhava iti gha.. , ja.. ca 8 taḍāgārdhetyādiḥ, śailaja ity antaḥ pāṭho jha.. pustake nāsti 9 agraṃ cūḍābhidho mata iti gha.. / asracūlādidoṣata iti cha.. gṛhacūḍābhidho mata iti ṅa.. / agraṃ cūḍādidoṣata iti kha.. :p 345 īśaśūlaḥ(1) samākhyāto mūrdhni liṅgasamanvitaḥ vījapūrakayukto vā śivaśāstreṣu tadvidhaḥ
[Variant readings.] The Īśa-shaft is declared to be one furnished with a liṅga at its top, or else joined with a citron; such is its prescription in the Śaiva scriptures.
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AgP 102.5
चित्रो ध्वजश् च जङ्घातो यथा जङ्गार्धतो भवेत्(२) भवेद्वा दण्डमानस्तु यदि वा तद्यदृच्छया(३)
citro dhvajaś ca jaṅghāto yathā jaṅgārdhato bhavet(2) bhavedvā daṇḍamānastu yadi vā tadyadṛcchayā(3)
And the variegated banner should be (as long as) the wall-shaft, or as half the wall-shaft; or it may be of the measure of the staff, or else according to one's pleasure.
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AgP 102.6
महाध्वजः समाख्यातो यस्तु पीठस्य वेष्टकः(४) शक्रैर् ग्रहै रसैवापि हस्तैर् दण्डस्तु सम्भितः
mahādhvajaḥ samākhyāto yastu pīṭhasya veṣṭakaḥ(4) śakrair grahai rasaivāpi hastair daṇḍastu sambhitaḥ
That which encircles the pedestal is called the great banner; and the staff is measured at fourteen, nine, or even six hastas.
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AgP 102.7
उत्तमादिक्रमेणैव विज्ञेयः शूरिभिस्ततः वंशजः शालजातिर्वा स दण्डः सर्वकामदः
uttamādikrameṇaiva vijñeyaḥ śūribhistataḥ vaṃśajaḥ śālajātirvā sa daṇḍaḥ sarvakāmadaḥ
Thereafter it is to be known by the learned in the order of best (medium and lowest); that staff, made of bamboo or of the sāla species, grants all desires.
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AgP 102.8
अयमारोप्यमाणस्तु भङ्गमायाति वै यदि राज्ञोनिष्टं(५) विजानीयाद्यजमानस्य वा तथा(६)
ayamāropyamāṇastu bhaṅgamāyāti vai yadi rājñoniṣṭaṃ(5) vijānīyādyajamānasya vā tathā(6)
But if this, while being raised, comes to breaking, one should know it as inauspicious for the king, or likewise for the sacrificer.
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AgP 102.9
मन्त्रेण बहुरूपेण पूर्ववच्छान्तिमाचरेत् द्वारपालादिपूजाञ्च मन्त्राणान्तर्प्यणन्तथा
mantreṇa bahurūpeṇa pūrvavacchāntimācaret dvārapālādipūjāñca mantrāṇāntarpyaṇantathā
With the bahurūpa mantra he should perform the pacification as before, and the worship of the door-guardians and the rest, and likewise the satiation of the mantras.
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AgP 102.10
विधाय चूलकं(७) दण्डं स्नापयेदस्त्रमन्त्रतः अनेनैव तु मन्त्रेण ध्वजं सम्प्रोक्ष्य देशिकः
vidhāya cūlakaṃ(7) daṇḍaṃ snāpayedastramantrataḥ anenaiva tu mantreṇa dhvajaṃ samprokṣya deśikaḥ
Having prepared the finial and the staff, he should bathe (them) with the astra-mantra; and with this very mantra the officiant, having sprinkled the banner,
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AgP 102.11
मृदु कषायादिभिः(८) स्नानं प्रासादङ्कारयेत्ततः विलिप्य रसमाच्छाद्य(९) शय्यायां न्यस्य पूर्ववत्
mṛdu kaṣāyādibhiḥ(8) snānaṃ prāsādaṅkārayettataḥ vilipya rasamācchādya(9) śayyāyāṃ nyasya pūrvavat
should then have the temple bathed with the soft astringent (waters) and the rest; anointing it, covering it with the fluid, laying it on the couch as before.
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AgP 102.12
चूडके(२०) लिङ्गवणन्यासो न च ज्ञानं न च क्रिया :न् १ ईशश्चूड इति इति ग॥ । ईशश्चूल इति ङ॥ । ईषश्चूल इति छ॥ ।शशः शूल इति ज॥ २ जङ्घातो यद्वा जङ्घार्धतो भवेदिति ख॥ । सङ्घातो यथा जङ्घार्धतो यजेदिति घ॥ ३ यदि वा तद्विदिच्छया इति ख॥ ४ यस्तु स्यात् पीठवेष्टक इति ङ॥ ५ राज्ञोरिष्टमिति ज॥ ६ वै तथा इति ज॥ ७ चूडकमिति ज॥ ८ भृत्काषायादिभिरिति ख॥ , छ॥ च ९ विलिप्य रसमादायेति ज॥ १० चूलके इति घ॥ , ङ॥ च :प् ३४६ विशेषार्था(१) चतुर्थी च न कुण्डस्य(२) कल्पना
cūḍake(20) liṅgavaṇanyāso na ca jñānaṃ na ca kriyā :n 1 īśaścūḍa iti iti ga.. / īśaścūla iti ṅa.. / īṣaścūla iti cha.. /śaśaḥ śūla iti ja.. 2 jaṅghāto yadvā jaṅghārdhato bhavediti kha.. / saṅghāto yathā jaṅghārdhato yajediti gha.. 3 yadi vā tadvidicchayā iti kha.. 4 yastu syāt pīṭhaveṣṭaka iti ṅa.. 5 rājñoriṣṭamiti ja.. 6 vai tathā iti ja.. 7 cūḍakamiti ja.. 8 bhṛtkāṣāyādibhiriti kha.. , cha.. ca 9 vilipya rasamādāyeti ja.. 10 cūlake iti gha.. , ṅa.. ca :p 346 viśeṣārthā(1) caturthī ca na kuṇḍasya(2) kalpanā
On the finial there is the placing of the liṅga-letters, and neither knowledge (jñāna) nor action (kriyā). [Variant readings.] And the fourth is for a special purpose; there is no laying out of a fire-pit.
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AgP 102.13
दण्डे तयार्थतत्त्वञ्च(३) विद्यातत्त्वं द्वितीयकं सद्योजातानि वक्राणि(४) शिवतत्त्वं पुनर्ध्वजे
daṇḍe tayārthatattvañca(3) vidyātattvaṃ dvitīyakaṃ sadyojātāni vakrāṇi(4) śivatattvaṃ punardhvaje
On the staff, the tattva of purpose (artha) by that (means), and second the vidyā-tattva; the sadyojāta and the curved ones; and again on the banner the śiva-tattva.
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AgP 102.14
निष्कलञ्च शिवन्तत्र न्यस्याङ्गानि प्रपूजयेत् चूडके च(४) ततो मन्त्रो सान्निध्ये सहिताणुभिः(६)
niṣkalañca śivantatra nyasyāṅgāni prapūjayet cūḍake ca(4) tato mantro sānnidhye sahitāṇubhiḥ(6)
And there (he should place) Śiva as partless; having placed (him) he should worship the limbs; then, at the finial, the mantra, in (its) presence, together with the aṇu-mantras.
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AgP 102.15
होमयेत् प्रतिभागञ्च ध्वजे तैस्तु फडन्तिकैः(७) अन्यथापि कृतं यच्च ध्वजसंस्कारणं(८) क्वचित्
homayet pratibhāgañca dhvaje taistu phaḍantikaiḥ(7) anyathāpi kṛtaṃ yacca dhvajasaṃskāraṇaṃ(8) kvacit
And he should offer oblation for each portion; on the banner, however, with those (mantras) ending in phaṭ. And whatever consecration of the banner is somewhere done otherwise,
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AgP 102.16
अस्त्रयागविधावेवं(९) तत्सर्वमुपदर्शितं प्रासादे कारिते स्थाने(१०) स्रग्वस्त्रादिविभूषिते
astrayāgavidhāvevaṃ(9) tatsarvamupadarśitaṃ prāsāde kārite sthāne(10) sragvastrādivibhūṣite
all that has been shown thus in the procedure of the astra-sacrifice. When the temple has been built at a site adorned with garlands, cloths and the rest,
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AgP 102.17
जङ्घा वेदी तदूर्ध्वे तु त्रितत्त्वादि निवेश्य च होमादिकं विधायाथ शिवं सम्पूज्य पूर्ववत्
jaṅghā vedī tadūrdhve tu tritattvādi niveśya ca homādikaṃ vidhāyātha śivaṃ sampūjya pūrvavat
the wall-course is the altar; and above it, having installed the three tattvas and the rest, then having performed the oblation and so on, and having duly worshipped Śiva as before,
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AgP 102.18
सर्वतत्त्वमयं ध्यात्वा शिवञ्च व्यापकं न्यसेत् अनन्तं कालरुद्रञ्च विभाव्य च पदाम्बुजे
sarvatattvamayaṃ dhyātvā śivañca vyāpakaṃ nyaset anantaṃ kālarudrañca vibhāvya ca padāmbuje
having meditated on him as consisting of all the tattvas, he should place Śiva as the all-pervading one; and having contemplated Ananta and Kālarudra in the lotus of the base,
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AgP 102.19
कुष्माण्डहाटकौ पीठे पातालनरकैः(११) सह भुवनैर् लोकपालैश् च शतरुद्रादिभिर्वृतं
kuṣmāṇḍahāṭakau pīṭhe pātālanarakaiḥ(11) saha bhuvanair lokapālaiś ca śatarudrādibhirvṛtaṃ
and Kuṣmāṇḍa and Hāṭaka on the pedestal, together with the netherworlds and the hells, encircled by the worlds, by the world-guardians and by the hundred Rudras and the rest —
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AgP 102.20
ब्रह्माण्दकमिदं ध्यात्वा जङ्घाताञ्च विभावयेत् वारितेजोनिलव्योमपञ्चाष्टकसमन्वितं(१२)
brahmāṇdakamidaṃ dhyātvā jaṅghātāñca vibhāvayet vāritejonilavyomapañcāṣṭakasamanvitaṃ(12)
having meditated on this egg of Brahmā, he should also contemplate the state of the wall-course, endowed with the pentads and octads of water, fire, wind and ether.
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AgP 102.21
:न् १ विशेषाद्या इति घ॥ २ नवदण्डस्येति झ॥ ३ तथात्मतत्त्वञ्चेति ग॥ , घ॥ च ४ सद्योजातादि वक्राणीति झ॥ ५ चूलके च इति ख॥ , ज॥ च ६ संहितात्मभिरिति ख॥ , ग॥ च ७ चूलके इति श्लोको झ।पुस्तके नास्ति ८ तच्च ध्वजे संहरणमिति ख॥ , छ॥ , च । यच्च ध्वजसंस्करणमिति घ॥ ९ अस्त्रयागे विधाने चेति ज॥ १० प्रासादकारितस्थाने इति ख॥ , झ॥ च । प्रासादे कारितस्थाने इति ज॥ ११ पातालनवकैर् इति ङ॥ , ज॥ च १२ पञ्चाग्गकसमन्वितमिति ग॥ :प् ३४७ सर्वावरणसञ्ज्ञञ्च वृद्धयोन्यवृकान्वितं(१) योगाष्टकसमायुक्तं(२) नाशाविधि गुणत्रयं
:n 1 viśeṣādyā iti gha.. 2 navadaṇḍasyeti jha.. 3 tathātmatattvañceti ga.. , gha.. ca 4 sadyojātādi vakrāṇīti jha.. 5 cūlake ca iti kha.. , ja.. ca 6 saṃhitātmabhiriti kha.. , ga.. ca 7 cūlake iti śloko jha.pustake nāsti 8 tacca dhvaje saṃharaṇamiti kha.. , cha.. , ca / yacca dhvajasaṃskaraṇamiti gha.. 9 astrayāge vidhāne ceti ja.. 10 prāsādakāritasthāne iti kha.. , jha.. ca / prāsāde kāritasthāne iti ja.. 11 pātālanavakair iti ṅa.. , ja.. ca 12 pañcāggakasamanvitamiti ga.. :p 347 sarvāvaraṇasañjñañca vṛddhayonyavṛkānvitaṃ(1) yogāṣṭakasamāyuktaṃ(2) nāśāvidhi guṇatrayaṃ
[Footnotes record manuscript variants: "viśeṣādyāḥ" in gha; "navadaṇḍasya" in jha; "tathātmatattvañca" in ga and gha; "sadyojātādi vakrāṇi" in jha; "cūlake ca" in kha and ja; "saṃhitātmabhiḥ" in kha and ga; the verse "cūlake…" is absent in the jha manuscript; "tacca dhvaje saṃharaṇam" in kha and cha, "yacca dhvajasaṃskaraṇam" in gha; "astrayāge vidhāne ca" in ja; "prāsādakāritasthāne" in kha and jha, "prāsāde kāritasthāne" in ja; "pātālanavakaiḥ" in ṅa and ja; "pañcāggakasamanvitam" in ga. Page 347.] And (he should envision) that which is named "all the enclosures," joined with vṛddhi, yoni and avṛka, conjoined with the set of eight yogas, the rule of dissolution, (and) the three guṇas.
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AgP 102.22
पटस्थं पुरुषं सिंहं वामञ्च(३) परिभावयेत् मञ्जरीवेदिकायाञ्च विद्यादिकचतुष्टयं
paṭasthaṃ puruṣaṃ siṃhaṃ vāmañca(3) paribhāvayet mañjarīvedikāyāñca vidyādikacatuṣṭayaṃ
One should envision the Puruṣa, the Lion, and Vāma as situated on the cloth; and in the mañjarī-platform the tetrad beginning with Vidyā.
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AgP 102.23
कण्ठे मायां सरुद्राञ्च(४) विद्याश्चामलसारके(५) कलसे चेश्वरं विन्दुं विद्येश्वरसमन्वितं(६)
kaṇṭhe māyāṃ sarudrāñca(4) vidyāścāmalasārake(5) kalase ceśvaraṃ vinduṃ vidyeśvarasamanvitaṃ(6)
In the neck (of the shrine, he should envision) Māyā together with the Rudras; the Vidyās in the āmalasāraka; in the finial-jar Īśvara and the bindu, together with the Lords of Vidyā.
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AgP 102.24
जटाजूटञ्च तं विद्याच्छूलं चन्द्रार्धरूपकं शक्तित्रयं च तत्रैव दण्डे नादं विभाव्य च
jaṭājūṭañca taṃ vidyācchūlaṃ candrārdharūpakaṃ śaktitrayaṃ ca tatraiva daṇḍe nādaṃ vibhāvya ca
And he should know that matted hair-knot as the trident having the form of the half-moon; and the three Śaktis in that same place; and, having envisioned nāda in the staff,
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AgP 102.25
ध्वजे च कुण्डलीं शक्तिमिति धाम्नि विभावयेत् जगत्या वाथ सन्धाय लिङ्गं पिण्डिकयाथवा(७)
dhvaje ca kuṇḍalīṃ śaktimiti dhāmni vibhāvayet jagatyā vātha sandhāya liṅgaṃ piṇḍikayāthavā(7)
and in the banner the coiled Śakti — thus should he envision (them) in the shrine. Or else, having fitted (it) with the jagatī moulding, or with the liṅga and its pedestal,
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AgP 102.26
समुत्थाप्य सुमन्त्रैश् च(८) विन्यस्ते शक्तिपङ्कजे न्यस्तरत्नादिके तत्र स्वाधारे विनिवेशयेत्
samutthāpya sumantraiś ca(8) vinyaste śaktipaṅkaje nyastaratnādike tatra svādhāre viniveśayet
having raised (it) up with the proper mantras, upon the lotus of Śakti that has been set in place — there, where jewels and the rest have been deposited — he should install (it) on its own base.
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AgP 102.27
यजमानो ध्वजे लग्ने बन्धुमित्रादिभिः सह धाम प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य लभते फलमीहितं(९)
yajamāno dhvaje lagne bandhumitrādibhiḥ saha dhāma pradakṣiṇīkṛtya labhate phalamīhitaṃ(9)
When the banner has been fixed in place, the sacrificer, together with kinsmen, friends and the rest, having circumambulated the shrine, obtains the fruit he desires.
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AgP 102.28
गुरुः पाशुपतं ध्यायन्(१०) स्थिरमन्त्राधिपैर् युतं(११) अधिपान् शस्त्रयुक्तांश् च रक्षणाय निबोधयेत्(१२)
guruḥ pāśupataṃ dhyāyan(10) sthiramantrādhipair yutaṃ(11) adhipān śastrayuktāṃś ca rakṣaṇāya nibodhayet(12)
The guru, meditating on the Pāśupata (mantra) joined with the lords of the fixed mantras, should alert the lords, armed with weapons, for the sake of protection.
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AgP 102.29
:न् १ वुद्धयोन्यन्तकान्वितमिति ग॥ २ यागष्टकसमायुक्तमिति झ॥ ३ रागश्चेति ख॥ , ज॥ च ४ कण्ठे मायाङ्गवक्त्रञ्चेति झ॥ ५ विद्याश्चामनसारके इति ख॥ , ग॥ च । विद्याद्या मनसारके इति ज॥ ६ विश्वेश्वरसमन्वितमिति ख॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ च । विद्योत्तरसमन्वितमिति ग॥ सर्वावरणसञ्ज्ञञ्चेत्यादिः, विश्वेश्वरसमन्वितमित्यन्तः पाठो ङ।पुस्तके नास्ति ७ लिङ्गपिण्डिकयाथवेति घ॥ , ङ॥ , ज॥ च ८ स्वमन्त्रैश्चेति ग॥ , ङ॥ , च ९ लभते फलमीप्सितमिति ङ॥ १० पाशुपतं ध्यायेदिति ख॥ , घ॥ च ११ शिवमन्त्राधिपैर् युतमिति घ॥ , ङ॥ च १२ रक्षणाय निवेदयेदिति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् ३४८ न्यूनादिदोषशान्त्यर्थं हुत्वा(१) दत्वा च दिग्बलिं गुरवे दक्षिणां दद्याद् यजमानो दिवं व्रजेत्
:n 1 vuddhayonyantakānvitamiti ga.. 2 yāgaṣṭakasamāyuktamiti jha.. 3 rāgaśceti kha.. , ja.. ca 4 kaṇṭhe māyāṅgavaktrañceti jha.. 5 vidyāścāmanasārake iti kha.. , ga.. ca / vidyādyā manasārake iti ja.. 6 viśveśvarasamanvitamiti kha.. , gha.. , cha.. ca / vidyottarasamanvitamiti ga.. sarvāvaraṇasañjñañcetyādiḥ, viśveśvarasamanvitamityantaḥ pāṭho ṅa.pustake nāsti 7 liṅgapiṇḍikayāthaveti gha.. , ṅa.. , ja.. ca 8 svamantraiśceti ga.. , ṅa.. , ca 9 labhate phalamīpsitamiti ṅa.. 10 pāśupataṃ dhyāyediti kha.. , gha.. ca 11 śivamantrādhipair yutamiti gha.. , ṅa.. ca 12 rakṣaṇāya nivedayediti kha.. , cha.. ca :p 348 nyūnādidoṣaśāntyarthaṃ hutvā(1) datvā ca digbaliṃ gurave dakṣiṇāṃ dadyād yajamāno divaṃ vrajet
[Footnotes record manuscript variants: "vuddhayonyantakānvitam" in ga; "yāgaṣṭakasamāyuktam" in jha; "rāgaś ca" in kha and ja; "kaṇṭhe māyāṅgavaktrañca" in jha; "vidyāścāmanasārake" in kha and ga, "vidyādyā manasārake" in ja; "viśveśvarasamanvitam" in kha, gha and cha, "vidyottarasamanvitam" in ga — the passage from "sarvāvaraṇasañjñañca" up to "viśveśvarasamanvitam" is absent in the ṅa manuscript; "liṅgapiṇḍikayāthavā" in gha, ṅa and ja; "svamantraiḥ" in ga and ṅa; "labhate phalamīpsitam" in ṅa; "pāśupataṃ dhyāyet" in kha and gha; "śivamantrādhipair yutam" in gha and ṅa; "rakṣaṇāya nivedayet" in kha and cha. Page 348.] Having made the fire-offering for the appeasement of faults such as deficiency, and having given the offering to the directions, he should give the fee to the guru; (thus) the sacrificer goes to heaven.
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AgP 102.30
प्रतिमालिङ्गवेदीनां यावन्तः परमाणवः तावद्युगसहस्राणि कर्तुर्भोगभुजः(२) फलं
pratimāliṅgavedīnāṃ yāvantaḥ paramāṇavaḥ tāvadyugasahasrāṇi karturbhogabhujaḥ(2) phalaṃ
However many atoms there are in the image, the liṅga and the altar, for that many thousands of yugas is the fruit of enjoyment for the one who has had it made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition