Agni Purana — Chapter 112

AgP 112.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे प्रयागमाहात्म्यं नाम एकादशाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {११२} :श् अथ द्वादशाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः वाराणसीमाहात्म्यम् अग्निर् उवाच वाराणसी(३) परं तीर्थं गौर्यै प्राह महेश्वरः भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं पुण्यं वसतां गृणतां हरिं(४)

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe prayāgamāhātmyaṃ nāma ekādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {112} :ś atha dvādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ vārāṇasīmāhātmyam agnir uvāca vārāṇasī(3) paraṃ tīrthaṃ gauryai prāha maheśvaraḥ bhuktimuktipradaṃ puṇyaṃ vasatāṃ gṛṇatāṃ hariṃ(4)

Thus (ends) the chapter called the Greatness of Prayāga, the one hundred and eleventh, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 112: now the one hundred and twelfth chapter, the Greatness of Vārāṇasī. Agni said: Maheśvara declared to Gaurī that Vārāṇasī is the supreme holy place, meritorious, bestowing enjoyment and liberation on those who dwell (there) and praise Hari.

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AgP 112.2

रुद्र उवाच गौरीक्षेत्रं न मुक्तं वै अविमुक्तं ततः स्मृतं :न् १ अन्नदानाद्दिवमिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च २ तीर्थं वानरकं परमिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च ३ वाराणसीमिति ख॥ , घ॥ च ४ वसतां शृणुतां हरिमिति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च :प् ३७७ जप्तं तप्तं दत्तममविमुक्ते विलाक्षयं

rudra uvāca gaurīkṣetraṃ na muktaṃ vai avimuktaṃ tataḥ smṛtaṃ :n 1 annadānāddivamiti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. ca 2 tīrthaṃ vānarakaṃ paramiti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca 3 vārāṇasīmiti kha.. , gha.. ca 4 vasatāṃ śṛṇutāṃ harimiti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca :p 377 japtaṃ taptaṃ dattamamavimukte vilākṣayaṃ

Rudra said: The field of Gaurī was never abandoned; therefore it is called Avimukta ("the unabandoned"). [Apparatus notes on variants.] What is muttered, what austerity is practised, what is given at Avimukta is imperishable.

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AgP 112.3

अश्मना चरणौ हत्वा वसेत्काशीन्न हि त्यजेत्(१) हरिश् चन्द्रं परं गुह्यं गुह्यमाम्नातकेश्वरं(२)

aśmanā caraṇau hatvā vasetkāśīnna hi tyajet(1) hariś candraṃ paraṃ guhyaṃ guhyamāmnātakeśvaraṃ(2)

Even having crushed one's feet with a stone, one should stay (there): one must not leave Kāśī. Hariścandra is a supreme secret (place), and Āmnātakeśvara is a secret (place).

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AgP 112.4

जप्येश्वरं परं गुह्यं(३) गुह्यं श्रीपर्वतं तथा महालयं(४) परं गुह्यं भृगुश् चण्डेश्वरं(५) तथा

japyeśvaraṃ paraṃ guhyaṃ(3) guhyaṃ śrīparvataṃ tathā mahālayaṃ(4) paraṃ guhyaṃ bhṛguś caṇḍeśvaraṃ(5) tathā

Japyeśvara is a supreme secret (place), and Śrīparvata likewise a secret one; Mahālaya is a supreme secret, and so are Bhṛgu and Caṇḍeśvara.

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AgP 112.5

केदारं परमं गुह्यमष्टौ सन्त्यविमुक्तके गुह्यानां परमं गुह्यमविमुक्तं परं मम

kedāraṃ paramaṃ guhyamaṣṭau santyavimuktake guhyānāṃ paramaṃ guhyamavimuktaṃ paraṃ mama

Kedāra is the highest secret (place): these eight are in Avimuktaka. But of secrets the highest secret, supreme to me, is Avimukta.

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AgP 112.6

द्वियोजनन्तु पूर्वं स्याद् योजनार्धं तदन्यथा(६) वरणा च नदी चासीत् तयोर्मध्ये(७) वाराणसी

dviyojanantu pūrvaṃ syād yojanārdhaṃ tadanyathā(6) varaṇā ca nadī cāsīt tayormadhye(7) vārāṇasī

On the east it should be two yojanas, otherwise half a yojana; and there was the river Varaṇā — between the two (rivers) lies Vārāṇasī.

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AgP 112.7

अत्र स्नानं जपो होमो मरणं देवपूजनं श्राद्धं दानं निवासश् च यद्यत् स्याद्भुक्तिमुक्तिदं(८)

atra snānaṃ japo homo maraṇaṃ devapūjanaṃ śrāddhaṃ dānaṃ nivāsaś ca yadyat syādbhuktimuktidaṃ(8)

Here bathing, muttering (of prayers), oblation, dying, worship of the gods, śrāddha, giving, and dwelling — whatever there be, it bestows enjoyment and liberation.

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