Agni Purana — Chapter 109
AgP 109.1
छप्तेर् {१०९} :श् अथ नवाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः तीर्थमाहात्म्यं अग्निर् उवाच माहात्म्यं सर्वतीर्थानां वक्ष्ये यद्भक्तिमुक्तिदं यस्य हस्तौ च पादौ च मनश् चैव सुसंयतं(१)
chapter {109} :ś atha navādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ tīrthamāhātmyaṃ agnir uvāca māhātmyaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ vakṣye yadbhaktimuktidaṃ yasya hastau ca pādau ca manaś caiva susaṃyataṃ(1)
Chapter 109: the greatness of the sacred fords. Agni said: I shall declare the greatness of all the sacred fords, which grants devotion and liberation. He whose hands and feet and mind too are well restrained,
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AgP 109.2
विद्या तपश् च कीर्तिश् च स तीर्थफलमश्नुते :न् १ स्वसंयतमिति घ॥ :प् ३७१ प्रतिग्राहादुपावृत्तो लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः
vidyā tapaś ca kīrtiś ca sa tīrthaphalamaśnute :n 1 svasaṃyatamiti gha.. :p 371 pratigrāhādupāvṛtto laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ
and (who has) learning, austerity and good repute — he obtains the fruit of the sacred ford. (Note: variant "svasaṃyatam".) One who abstains from accepting gifts, who eats lightly, whose senses are subdued,
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AgP 109.3
निष्पपस्तीर्थयात्री तु सर्वयज्ञफलं लभेत् अनुपोष्य त्रिरात्रीणि तीर्थान्यनभिगम्य च
niṣpapastīrthayātrī tu sarvayajñaphalaṃ labhet anupoṣya trirātrīṇi tīrthānyanabhigamya ca
free of sin, going on pilgrimage to the fords, gains the fruit of all sacrifices. But without fasting for three nights and without visiting the fords,
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AgP 109.4
अदत्वा काञ्चनं गाश् च दरिद्रो नाम जायते तीर्थाभिओगमने(१) तत् स्याद्यद्यज्ञेनाप्यते फलं
adatvā kāñcanaṃ gāś ca daridro nāma jāyate tīrthābhiogamane(1) tat syādyadyajñenāpyate phalaṃ
and without giving gold and cows, one is born poor indeed. On going to a sacred ford that fruit would be (obtained) which is won by a sacrifice.
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AgP 109.5
पुष्करं परमं तीर्थं सान्निध्यं हि त्रिसन्ध्यकं दशकोटिसहस्राणि तीर्थानां विप्र पुष्करे
puṣkaraṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ sānnidhyaṃ hi trisandhyakaṃ daśakoṭisahasrāṇi tīrthānāṃ vipra puṣkare
Puṣkara is the highest ford, for (the gods') presence there is at all three junctures of the day; ten thousand crores of sacred fords are in Puṣkara, O brahmin.
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AgP 109.6
ब्रह्मा सह सुरैर् आस्ते मुनयः सर्वमिच्छवः देवाः प्राप्ताः सिद्धिमत्र स्नाताः पितृसुरार्चकाः(२)
brahmā saha surair āste munayaḥ sarvamicchavaḥ devāḥ prāptāḥ siddhimatra snātāḥ pitṛsurārcakāḥ(2)
Brahmā dwells there together with the gods, and the sages who desire all (attainments); the gods attained perfection here, having bathed and worshipped the ancestors and the gods.
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AgP 109.7
अश्वमेधफलं प्राप्य(३) ब्रह्मलोकं प्रयान्ति ते कार्त्तिक्यामन्नदानाच्च निर्मलो ब्रह्मलोकभाक्(४)
aśvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya(3) brahmalokaṃ prayānti te kārttikyāmannadānācca nirmalo brahmalokabhāk(4)
Having gained the fruit of a horse sacrifice, they go to the world of Brahmā; and by the gift of food on the full-moon day of Kārttika one becomes stainless and shares in the world of Brahmā.
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AgP 109.8
पुष्करे दुष्करं गन्तुं(५) पुष्करे दुष्करं तपः दुष्करं पुष्करे दानं वस्तुं चैव सुदुष्करं(६)
puṣkare duṣkaraṃ gantuṃ(5) puṣkare duṣkaraṃ tapaḥ duṣkaraṃ puṣkare dānaṃ vastuṃ caiva suduṣkaraṃ(6)
Hard it is to go to Puṣkara, hard is austerity at Puṣkara, hard is giving at Puṣkara, and very hard indeed is dwelling (there).
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AgP 109.9
तत्र वासाज्जपच्छ्राद्धात् कुलानां शतमुद्धरेत् जम्बुमार्गं च तत्रैव तीर्थन्तण्डुलिकाश्रमं
tatra vāsājjapacchrāddhāt kulānāṃ śatamuddharet jambumārgaṃ ca tatraiva tīrthantaṇḍulikāśramaṃ
By dwelling there, by muttering prayers and by offering to the ancestors, one may rescue a hundred generations. And there too are Jambumārga and the ford Taṇḍulikāśrama,
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AgP 109.10
कर्णाश्रमं(७) कोटितीर्थं नर्मदा चार्वुदं परं तीर्थञ्चर्मण्वती सिन्धुः सोमनाथः प्रभासकं
karṇāśramaṃ(7) koṭitīrthaṃ narmadā cārvudaṃ paraṃ tīrthañcarmaṇvatī sindhuḥ somanāthaḥ prabhāsakaṃ
Karṇāśrama, Koṭitīrtha, the Narmadā, and the supreme Arbuda, the ford Carmaṇvatī, the Sindhu, Somanātha, Prabhāsa,
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AgP 109.11
सरस्वत्यब्धिसङ्गश् च(८) सागरन्तीर्थमुत्तमं :न् १ तीर्थादिगमने इति घ॥ २ पितृसुरार्चिता इति ख॥ ३ अश्वमेधफलश्चास्येति ख॥ , ग॥ , छ॥ च । अश्वमेधफलं चाप्येति घ॥ ४ ब्रह्मलोककमिति ख॥ , ग॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ च ५ दुष्करं गन्तुमिति ख॥ ६ वस्तुं तत्र सुदुष्करमिति ज॥ ७ कण्वाश्रममिति घ॥ ८ सरस्वत्यब्धिसञ्ज्ञयेति ग॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ च :प् ३७२ पिण्डारकं द्वारका च गोमती सर्वसिद्धिदा
sarasvatyabdhisaṅgaś ca(8) sāgarantīrthamuttamaṃ :n 1 tīrthādigamane iti gha.. 2 pitṛsurārcitā iti kha.. 3 aśvamedhaphalaścāsyeti kha.. , ga.. , cha.. ca / aśvamedhaphalaṃ cāpyeti gha.. 4 brahmalokakamiti kha.. , ga.. , ṅa.. , cha.. ca 5 duṣkaraṃ gantumiti kha.. 6 vastuṃ tatra suduṣkaramiti ja.. 7 kaṇvāśramamiti gha.. 8 sarasvatyabdhisañjñayeti ga.. , gha.. , ja.. ca :p 372 piṇḍārakaṃ dvārakā ca gomatī sarvasiddhidā
and the confluence of the Sarasvatī with the ocean, and the ocean, the highest ford; Piṇḍāraka and Dvārakā, and the Gomatī which grants all attainments. (Editorial notes: variants "tīrthādigamane" (gha); "pitṛsurārcitā" (kha); "aśvamedhaphalaś cāsya" (kha, ga, cha), "aśvamedhaphalaṃ cāpi" (gha); "brahmalokakam" (kha, ga, ṅa, cha); "duṣkaraṃ gantum" (kha); "vastuṃ tatra suduṣkaram" (ja); "kaṇvāśramam" (gha); "sarasvatyabdhisañjñayā" (ga, gha, ja). Page 372.)
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AgP 109.12
भूमितीर्थं ब्रह्मतुङ्गं(१) तीर्थं पञ्चनदं परं भीमतीर्थं(२) गिरीन्द्रञ्च देविका पापनाशिनी
bhūmitīrthaṃ brahmatuṅgaṃ(1) tīrthaṃ pañcanadaṃ paraṃ bhīmatīrthaṃ(2) girīndrañca devikā pāpanāśinī
Bhūmitīrtha, Brahmatuṅga, the supreme ford Pañcanada, Bhīmatīrtha, Girīndra, and the Devikā which destroys sin,
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AgP 109.13
तीर्थं विनशनं पुण्यं नागोद्भेदमघार्दनं तीर्थं कुमारकोटिश् च सर्वदानीरितानि च
tīrthaṃ vinaśanaṃ puṇyaṃ nāgodbhedamaghārdanaṃ tīrthaṃ kumārakoṭiś ca sarvadānīritāni ca
the holy ford Vinaśana, Nāgodbheda which crushes sin, and the ford Kumārakoṭi — and (fords) in all directions have been named.
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AgP 109.14
कुरुक्षेत्रं गमिष्यामि कुरुक्षेत्रे वसाम्यहं य एवं सततं ब्रूयात्सो ऽमलः प्राप्नुयाद्दिवं
kurukṣetraṃ gamiṣyāmi kurukṣetre vasāmyahaṃ ya evaṃ satataṃ brūyātso 'malaḥ prāpnuyāddivaṃ
"I shall go to Kurukṣetra, I dwell in Kurukṣetra" — he who constantly says thus becomes stainless and would reach heaven.
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AgP 109.15
तत्र विष्ण्वादयो देवास्तत्र वासाद्धरिं व्रजेत्(३) सरस्वत्यां सन्निहित्यां स्नानकृद्ब्रह्मलोकभाक्(४)
tatra viṣṇvādayo devāstatra vāsāddhariṃ vrajet(3) sarasvatyāṃ sannihityāṃ snānakṛdbrahmalokabhāk(4)
There are Viṣṇu and the other gods; by dwelling there one goes to Hari. One who bathes in the Sarasvatī at Sannihitī shares in the world of Brahmā.
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AgP 109.16
पांशवोपि कुरुक्षेत्रे नयन्ति परमां गतिं धर्मतीर्थं सुवर्णाख्यं गङ्गाद्वारमनुत्तमं
pāṃśavopi kurukṣetre nayanti paramāṃ gatiṃ dharmatīrthaṃ suvarṇākhyaṃ gaṅgādvāramanuttamaṃ
Even the dust-grains at Kurukṣetra lead (one) to the highest goal. (There are) Dharmatīrtha, the one called Suvarṇa, and the unsurpassed Gaṅgādvāra,
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AgP 109.17
तीर्थं कणखलं पुण्यं भद्रकर्णह्रदन्तथा(५) गङ्गासस्वतीसङ्गं ब्रह्मावर्तमघार्दनं
tīrthaṃ kaṇakhalaṃ puṇyaṃ bhadrakarṇahradantathā(5) gaṅgāsasvatīsaṅgaṃ brahmāvartamaghārdanaṃ
the holy ford Kaṇakhala, and likewise the Bhadrakarṇa pool, the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Sarasvatī, and Brahmāvarta which crushes sin,
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AgP 109.18
भृगुतुङ्गञ्च कुब्जाम्रं गङ्गोद्भेदमघान्तकं(६) वाराणसी वरन्तीर्थमविमुक्तमनुत्तमं
bhṛgutuṅgañca kubjāmraṃ gaṅgodbhedamaghāntakaṃ(6) vārāṇasī varantīrthamavimuktamanuttamaṃ
Bhṛgutuṅga and Kubjāmra, Gaṅgodbheda which ends sin, Vārāṇasī the excellent ford, and the unsurpassed Avimukta,
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AgP 109.19
कपालमोचनं तीर्थन्तीर्थराजं प्रयागकं गोमतीगङ्गयोः सङ्गं गङ्गा सर्वत्र नाकदा
kapālamocanaṃ tīrthantīrtharājaṃ prayāgakaṃ gomatīgaṅgayoḥ saṅgaṃ gaṅgā sarvatra nākadā
the ford Kapālamocana, Prayāga the king of fords, the confluence of the Gomatī and the Gaṅgā — the Gaṅgā everywhere grants heaven.
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AgP 109.20
तीर्थं राजगृहं पुण्यं शालग्राममघान्तकं :न् १ ऋषितीर्थं ब्रह्मतुङ्गमिति घ॥ । भूमितीर्थं ब्रह्मसञ्ज्ञमिति छ॥ २ भीमातीर्थमिति घ॥ ३ वामाद्दिवं ब्रजेदिति ज॥ ४ ब्रह्मलोकग इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च ५ तत्र कर्णह्रदं तथेति ख॥ । भद्रकं तु ह्रदं तथेति ग॥ , ङ॥ च ६ गङ्गोद्भेदमवन्तिकमिति ज॥ :प् ३७३ वटेशं वामन्न्तीर्थं कालिकासङ्गमुत्तमं(१)
tīrthaṃ rājagṛhaṃ puṇyaṃ śālagrāmamaghāntakaṃ :n 1 ṛṣitīrthaṃ brahmatuṅgamiti gha.. / bhūmitīrthaṃ brahmasañjñamiti cha.. 2 bhīmātīrthamiti gha.. 3 vāmāddivaṃ brajediti ja.. 4 brahmalokaga iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. ca 5 tatra karṇahradaṃ tatheti kha.. / bhadrakaṃ tu hradaṃ tatheti ga.. , ṅa.. ca 6 gaṅgodbhedamavantikamiti ja.. :p 373 vaṭeśaṃ vāmanntīrthaṃ kālikāsaṅgamuttamaṃ(1)
the holy ford Rājagṛha, Śālagrāma which ends sin, (Editorial notes: "ṛṣitīrthaṃ brahmatuṅgam" (gha), "bhūmitīrthaṃ brahmasañjñam" (cha); "bhīmātīrtham" (gha); "vāmāddivaṃ vrajet" (ja); "brahmalokaga" (kha, ga, gha, ṅa, cha, ja); "tatra karṇahradaṃ tathā" (kha), "bhadrakaṃ tu hradaṃ tathā" (ga, ṅa); "gaṅgodbhedam avantikam" (ja). Page 373.) Vaṭeśa, the ford Vāmana, the excellent confluence with the Kālikā,
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AgP 109.21
लौहित्यं करतोयाख्यं शोणञ्चाथर्षभं परं श्रीपर्वतं कोल्वगिरिं(२) सह्याद्रिर्मलयो गिरिः
lauhityaṃ karatoyākhyaṃ śoṇañcātharṣabhaṃ paraṃ śrīparvataṃ kolvagiriṃ(2) sahyādrirmalayo giriḥ
Lauhitya, (the river) named Karatoyā, the Śoṇa, and further Ātharṣabha; Śrīparvata, Kolvagiri, the Sahya range, the Malaya mountain;
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AgP 109.22
गोदावरी तुङ्गभद्रा कावेरो वरदा नदी तापी पयोष्णी रेवा च दण्डकारण्यमुत्तमं
godāvarī tuṅgabhadrā kāvero varadā nadī tāpī payoṣṇī revā ca daṇḍakāraṇyamuttamaṃ
the Godāvarī, the Tuṅgabhadrā, the Kāverī, the river Varadā, the Tāpī, the Payoṣṇī and the Revā, and the excellent Daṇḍaka forest;
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AgP 109.23
कालञ्जरं मुञ्जवटन्तीर्थं सूर्पारकं परं मन्दाकिनी चित्रकूटं शृङ्गवेरपुरं परं(३)
kālañjaraṃ muñjavaṭantīrthaṃ sūrpārakaṃ paraṃ mandākinī citrakūṭaṃ śṛṅgaverapuraṃ paraṃ(3)
Kālañjara, the Muñjavaṭa tīrtha, and further Sūrpāraka, the Mandākinī, Citrakūṭa, and further Śṛṅgaverapura;
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AgP 109.24
अवन्ती परमं तीर्थमयोध्या पापनाशनी नैमिषं परमं तीर्थं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकं(४)
avantī paramaṃ tīrthamayodhyā pāpanāśanī naimiṣaṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakaṃ(4)
Avantī is a supreme tīrtha, Ayodhyā destroys sin, and Naimiṣa is a supreme tīrtha, bestowing enjoyment and liberation.
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