Agni Purana — Chapter 110

AgP 110.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे तीर्थयात्रा माहात्म्यं नाम नवाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {११०} :श् अथ दशाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः गङामाहात्म्यं अग्निर् उवाच गङामाहात्म्यमाख्यास्ये सेव्या सा भुक्तिमुक्तिदा येषां मध्ये याति गङ्गा ते देशा पावना वराः

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe tīrthayātrā māhātmyaṃ nāma navādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {110} :ś atha daśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ gaṅāmāhātmyaṃ agnir uvāca gaṅāmāhātmyamākhyāsye sevyā sā bhuktimuktidā yeṣāṃ madhye yāti gaṅgā te deśā pāvanā varāḥ

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the one hundred and ninth chapter, called the Glory of Pilgrimage to Sacred Fords. [Chapter 110] Now the one hundred and tenth chapter: the Glory of the Gaṅgā. Agni said: I shall relate the glory of the Gaṅgā; she is to be resorted to, she gives enjoyment and liberation. Those lands in the midst of which the Gaṅgā flows are purifying and excellent.

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AgP 110.2

:न् १ तीर्थं कणखलमित्यादिः, कालिकासङ्गमुत्तममित्यन्तः पाठो छ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति २ श्रीपर्वतं कोन्द्रगिरिरिति छ॥ । श्रीपर्वतं कोलगिरिमिति ज॥ ३ शृङ्गवेरपुअरं वरमिति घ॥ ४ अग्निर् उवाच । माहात्म्यं सर्वतीर्थानामित्यादिः, नैमिषं परमन्तीर्थं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकं । इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे तीर्थयात्रामाहात्म्यमित्यन्तः पाठो झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् ३७४ गतिर्गङ्गा तु(१) भूतानां गतिमन्वेषतां(२)अप्_११०।००२अब् सदा गङ्गा तारयते(३) चोभौ वंशौ नित्यं हि सेविता

:n 1 tīrthaṃ kaṇakhalamityādiḥ, kālikāsaṅgamuttamamityantaḥ pāṭho cha.. pustake nāsti 2 śrīparvataṃ kondragiririti cha.. / śrīparvataṃ kolagirimiti ja.. 3 śṛṅgaverapuaraṃ varamiti gha.. 4 agnir uvāca / māhātmyaṃ sarvatīrthānāmityādiḥ, naimiṣaṃ paramantīrthaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakaṃ / ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe tīrthayātrāmāhātmyamityantaḥ pāṭho jha.. pustake nāsti :p 374 gatirgaṅgā tu(1) bhūtānāṃ gatimanveṣatāṃ(2)ap_110.002ab sadā gaṅgā tārayate(3) cobhau vaṃśau nityaṃ hi sevitā

[Textual notes: 1. ga and ja read 'gatir gaṅgā hi'. 2. jha reads 'gatir gatimatām'. 3. jha reads 'gaṅgā pāvayate'. 4. jha reads 'patitādayas tu'. 5. gha and jha read 'gacchanti sāmyatām'. 6. kha, ga and jha read 'gaṅgātīrasamudbhūtamṛddhāro so 'ghahārkavat'; ṅa reads 'he who bears upon his head the clay arisen from the Gaṅgā's bank bears the very form of the sun, solely for the destruction of darkness'. 7. ga reads 'bhaktimuktiphalapradam'; jha reads 'bhuktimuktipradāyakam'. Also: the passage from 'Agni said: the glory of all tīrthas...' down to '...the Glory of Pilgrimage in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa' is absent in manuscript jha; and the passage from 'the tīrtha Kaṇakhala...' to '...the excellent Kālikā confluence' is absent in manuscript cha; page 374] The Gaṅgā is the goal of beings who seek a goal; the Gaṅgā, when constantly resorted to, always carries across both lines (of ancestors).

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AgP 110.3

चान्द्रायणसहस्राच्च गङ्गाम्भःपानमुत्तमं गङां मासन्तु संसेव्य सर्वयज्ञफलं लभेत्

cāndrāyaṇasahasrācca gaṅgāmbhaḥpānamuttamaṃ gaṅāṃ māsantu saṃsevya sarvayajñaphalaṃ labhet

Drinking the Gaṅgā's water is better than a thousand cāndrāyaṇa observances; by attending upon the Gaṅgā for a month one would obtain the fruit of all sacrifices.

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AgP 110.4

सकलाघहरी देवी स्वर्गलोकप्रदायिनी यावदस्थि च गङ्गायां तावत् स्वर्गे स तिष्ठति

sakalāghaharī devī svargalokapradāyinī yāvadasthi ca gaṅgāyāṃ tāvat svarge sa tiṣṭhati

The goddess who removes all sin, who bestows the world of heaven — as long as a bone (of a man) is in the Gaṅgā, so long does he abide in heaven.

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AgP 110.5

अन्धादयस्तु(४) तां सेव्य देवैर् गच्छन्ति तुल्यतां(५) गङ्गातीर्थसमुद्भूतमृद्धारी सो ऽघहार्कवत्(६)

andhādayastu(4) tāṃ sevya devair gacchanti tulyatāṃ(5) gaṅgātīrthasamudbhūtamṛddhārī so 'ghahārkavat(6)

Even the blind and the like, by resorting to her, attain equality with the gods; he who bears the clay arisen at the Gaṅgā's ford is a remover of sin, like the sun.

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AgP 110.6

दर्शनात् स्पर्शनात् पानात्तथा गङ्गेतिकीर्तनात् पुनाति पुण्यपुरुषान् शतशीथ सहस्रशः

darśanāt sparśanāt pānāttathā gaṅgetikīrtanāt punāti puṇyapuruṣān śataśītha sahasraśaḥ

By being seen, by being touched, by being drunk, and likewise by the utterance 'Gaṅgā', she purifies meritorious men by hundreds and by thousands.

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