Agni Purana — Chapter 111
AgP 111.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे गङ्गामाहात्म्यं नाम दशाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {१११} :श् अथ एकादशाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः प्रयागमाहात्म्यं अग्निर् उवाच वक्ष्ये प्रयागमाहात्म्यं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं परं(७) प्रयागे ब्रह्मविष्ण्वाद्या देव मुनिवराः स्थिताः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe gaṅgāmāhātmyaṃ nāma daśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {111} :ś atha ekādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ prayāgamāhātmyaṃ agnir uvāca vakṣye prayāgamāhātmyaṃ bhuktimuktipradaṃ paraṃ(7) prayāge brahmaviṣṇvādyā deva munivarāḥ sthitāḥ
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the one hundred and tenth chapter, called the Glory of the Gaṅgā. [Chapter 111] Now the one hundred and eleventh chapter: the Glory of Prayāga. Agni said: I shall declare the glory of Prayāga, supreme, granting enjoyment and liberation. At Prayāga abide Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the other gods, and the best of sages.
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AgP 111.2
:न् १ गतिर्गङ्गा हीति ग॥ , ज॥ च २ गतिर्गतिमतामिति झ॥ ३ गङ्गा पावयते इति झ॥ ४ पतितादयस्तु इति झ॥ ५ गच्छन्ति साम्यतामिति घ॥ , झ॥ च ६ गङ्गातीरसमुद्भूतमृद्धारो सो ऽघहार्कवदिति ख॥ , ग॥ , झ॥ च गङ्गातीरसमुद्भूतमृदं मूर्धा विभर्ति यः । विभर्ति रूपं सोर्कस्य तमोनाशाय केवलमिति ङ॥ ७ भक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदमिति ग॥ । भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकमिति झ॥ :प् ३७५ सरितः सागराः सिद्धा गन्धर्वसराप्सस् तथा तत्र त्रीण्यग्निकुण्डानि तेषां मध्ये तु जाह्नवी
:n 1 gatirgaṅgā hīti ga.. , ja.. ca 2 gatirgatimatāmiti jha.. 3 gaṅgā pāvayate iti jha.. 4 patitādayastu iti jha.. 5 gacchanti sāmyatāmiti gha.. , jha.. ca 6 gaṅgātīrasamudbhūtamṛddhāro so 'ghahārkavaditi kha.. , ga.. , jha.. ca gaṅgātīrasamudbhūtamṛdaṃ mūrdhā vibharti yaḥ / vibharti rūpaṃ sorkasya tamonāśāya kevalamiti ṅa.. 7 bhaktimuktiphalapradamiti ga.. / bhuktimuktipradāyakamiti jha.. :p 375 saritaḥ sāgarāḥ siddhā gandharvasarāpsas tathā tatra trīṇyagnikuṇḍāni teṣāṃ madhye tu jāhnavī
[Textual notes: 1. kha reads 'gaṅgāyamunayor madhye'. 2. the passage from 'rivers, oceans...' to '...the sages know as the pubic region' is absent in manuscript ga. 3. kha, ga, gha, ṅa and ja read 'by hearing of it'. 4. gha reads 'the materials of the śrāddha and the rest'. 5. gha reads 'of one who has bathed for three days'. Page 375] Rivers, oceans, Siddhas, Gandharvas and Apsarases (are there); there are three fire-pits there, and in the midst of them the Jāhnavī.
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AgP 111.3
वेगेन समतिक्रान्ता सर्वतीर्थतिरस्कृता तपनस्य सुता तत्र त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता
vegena samatikrāntā sarvatīrthatiraskṛtā tapanasya sutā tatra triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā
Surpassing (all) in her current, eclipsing all tīrthas, the daughter of the Sun is there, renowned in the three worlds.
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AgP 111.4
गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्यं(१) पृथिव्या जघनं स्मृतं प्रयागं जघनस्यान्तरुपस्थमृषयो विदुः(२)
gaṅgāyamunayormadhyaṃ(1) pṛthivyā jaghanaṃ smṛtaṃ prayāgaṃ jaghanasyāntarupasthamṛṣayo viduḥ(2)
The region between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā is held to be the loins of the earth; and Prayāga, within those loins, the sages know as the pubic part.
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AgP 111.5
प्रयागं सप्रतिष्ठानम् कम्बलाश्वतरावुभौ तीर्थं भोगवती चैव वेदी प्रोक्ता प्रजापतेः
prayāgaṃ sapratiṣṭhānam kambalāśvatarāvubhau tīrthaṃ bhogavatī caiva vedī proktā prajāpateḥ
Prayāga together with Pratiṣṭhāna, the two (nāgas) Kambala and Aśvatara, and the Bhogavatī tīrtha — (this) is declared to be the altar of Prajāpati.
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AgP 111.6
तत्र वेदाश् च यज्ञाश् च मूर्तिमन्तः प्रयागके स्तवनादस्य(३) तीर्थस्य नामसङ्किर्तनादपि
tatra vedāś ca yajñāś ca mūrtimantaḥ prayāgake stavanādasya(3) tīrthasya nāmasaṅkirtanādapi
There at Prayāga the Vedas and the sacrifices are embodied; by praising this tīrtha, and even by reciting its name,
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AgP 111.7
मृत्तिकालम्भनाद्वापि सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते प्रयागे सङ्गते दानं श्राद्धं जप्यादि चाक्षयं(४)
mṛttikālambhanādvāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate prayāge saṅgate dānaṃ śrāddhaṃ japyādi cākṣayaṃ(4)
or even by touching its clay, one is released from all sins. At the confluence at Prayāga, gift, śrāddha, recitation and the rest are imperishable.
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AgP 111.8
न देववचनाद्विप्र न लोकवचनादपि मतिरुत्क्रमणीयान्ते प्रयागे मरणं प्रति
na devavacanādvipra na lokavacanādapi matirutkramaṇīyānte prayāge maraṇaṃ prati
Neither by the word of a god, O brahmin, nor even by the word of men should one's mind be diverted, in the end, from dying at Prayāga.
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AgP 111.9
दशतीर्थसहस्राणि षष्टिकोट्यस् तथापराः तेषां सान्निध्यमत्रैव प्रयागं परमन्ततः
daśatīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyas tathāparāḥ teṣāṃ sānnidhyamatraiva prayāgaṃ paramantataḥ
Ten thousand tīrthas, and sixty crores more besides — their presence is right here; therefore Prayāga is supreme in the end.
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AgP 111.10
वासुकेर्भोगवत्यत्र हंसप्रपतनं परं गवां कोटिप्रदानाद्यत् त्र्यहं स्नानस्य(५) तत्फलं
vāsukerbhogavatyatra haṃsaprapatanaṃ paraṃ gavāṃ koṭipradānādyat tryahaṃ snānasya(5) tatphalaṃ
Vāsuki's Bhogavatī is here, and the supreme Haṃsaprapatana; whatever (merit comes) from the gift of a crore of cows, that is the fruit of bathing for three days.
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AgP 111.11
प्रयागे माघमासे तु एवमाहुर्मनीषिणः :न् १ गङायमुनयोर्मध्ये इति ख॥ २ सरितः सागरा इत्य् आदिः, उपस्थमृषयो विदुरित्यन्तः पाठो ग॥ पुस्तके नास्ति ३ श्रवणादस्येति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ज॥ च ४ श्राद्धद्रव्यादि चाक्षयमिति घ॥ ५ त्र्यहं स्नातस्येति घ॥ :प् ३७६ सर्वत्र सुलभा गङ्गा त्रिषु स्थानेषु दुर्लभा
prayāge māghamāse tu evamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ :n 1 gaṅāyamunayormadhye iti kha.. 2 saritaḥ sāgarā ity ādiḥ, upasthamṛṣayo vidurityantaḥ pāṭho ga.. pustake nāsti 3 śravaṇādasyeti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ja.. ca 4 śrāddhadravyādi cākṣayamiti gha.. 5 tryahaṃ snātasyeti gha.. :p 376 sarvatra sulabhā gaṅgā triṣu sthāneṣu durlabhā
But at Prayāga in the month of Māgha — so say the wise. [Apparatus: variants "gaṅgāyamunayor madhye" in MS kha; the passage from "saritaḥ sāgarāḥ" to "upasthaṃ ṛṣayo viduḥ" is absent in MS ga; "śravaṇād asya" in kha, ga, gha, ṅa, ja; "śrāddhadravyādi cākṣayam" in gha; "tryahaṃ snātasya" in gha.] The Gaṅgā is easy to reach everywhere, (but) in three places she is hard to reach.
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AgP 111.12
गङाद्वारे प्रयागे च गङ्गासागरसङ्गमे अत्र दानाद्दिवं(१) याति राजेन्द्रो जायते ऽत्र च
gaṅādvāre prayāge ca gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame atra dānāddivaṃ(1) yāti rājendro jāyate 'tra ca
At Gaṅgādvāra, at Prayāga, and at the confluence of the Gaṅgā with the ocean: by giving here (a man) goes to heaven, and is born here as a lord of kings.
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AgP 111.13
वटमूले सङ्गमादौ मृतो विष्णुपुरीं व्रजेत् उर्वशीपुलिनं रम्यं तीर्थं सन्ध्यावतस् तथा
vaṭamūle saṅgamādau mṛto viṣṇupurīṃ vrajet urvaśīpulinaṃ ramyaṃ tīrthaṃ sandhyāvatas tathā
One who dies at the root of the banyan tree, at the confluence, and so on, goes to the city of Viṣṇu; (there is also) the lovely sandbank of Urvaśī, and likewise the shrine of Sandhyāvat.
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AgP 111.14
कोटीतीर्थञ्चाश्वमेधं गङ्गायमुनमुत्तमं मानसं रजसा हीनं तीर्थं वासरकं परं(२)
koṭītīrthañcāśvamedhaṃ gaṅgāyamunamuttamaṃ mānasaṃ rajasā hīnaṃ tīrthaṃ vāsarakaṃ paraṃ(2)
And Koṭītīrtha, and Aśvamedha, and the excellent Gaṅgā-Yamunā (site), Mānasa free of dust (or: of passion), and the supreme shrine Vāsaraka.
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