Agni Purana — Chapter 113

AgP 113.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे वाराणसीमाहात्म्यं नाम द्वादशाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ काशीं तु न हि सन्त्यजेदिति ज॥ २ परं गुह्यमविमुक्तं परं ममेति ज॥ ३ जयेश्वरं परं गुह्यमिति ख॥ ४ महाबलमिति क॥ ५ भूमिचण्डेश्वरमिति ग॥ ६ तथान्यथेति झ॥ ७ द्वयोर्मध्ये इति ख॥ ८ यद्वत् स्याद्भुक्तिमुक्तिदमिति ङ॥ :प् ३७८ छप्तेर् {११३} :श् अथ त्रयोदशाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः नर्मदादिमाहात्म्यम् अग्निर् उवाच नर्मदादिकमाहात्म्यं वक्ष्येहं नर्मदां परां(१) सद्यः पुनाति गाङ्गेयं दर्शनाद्वारि नार्मदं

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe vārāṇasīmāhātmyaṃ nāma dvādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 kāśīṃ tu na hi santyajediti ja.. 2 paraṃ guhyamavimuktaṃ paraṃ mameti ja.. 3 jayeśvaraṃ paraṃ guhyamiti kha.. 4 mahābalamiti ka.. 5 bhūmicaṇḍeśvaramiti ga.. 6 tathānyatheti jha.. 7 dvayormadhye iti kha.. 8 yadvat syādbhuktimuktidamiti ṅa.. :p 378 chapter {113} :ś atha trayodaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ narmadādimāhātmyam agnir uvāca narmadādikamāhātmyaṃ vakṣyehaṃ narmadāṃ parāṃ(1) sadyaḥ punāti gāṅgeyaṃ darśanādvāri nārmadaṃ

Thus (ends) the chapter called the Greatness of Vārāṇasī, the one hundred and twelfth, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa. [Apparatus of variant readings.] Chapter 113: now the one hundred and thirteenth chapter, the Greatness of the Narmadā and other (rivers). Agni said: I shall declare the greatness of the Narmadā and the rest; (I shall speak of) the supreme Narmadā. The water of the Gaṅgā purifies at once, but the water of the Narmadā (purifies) by mere sight.

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AgP 113.2

विस्तराद्योजनशतं योजनद्वयमायता षष्टिस्तीर्थसहस्राणि षष्टिकोट्यस् तथापराः

vistarādyojanaśataṃ yojanadvayamāyatā ṣaṣṭistīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyas tathāparāḥ

In breadth a hundred yojanas, in length two yojanas; sixty thousand holy places, and sixty crores more besides,

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AgP 113.3

पर्वतस्य समन्तात्तु तिष्ठन्त्यमरकण्टके(२) कावेरीसङ्गमं पुण्यं श्रीपर्वतमतः शृणु

parvatasya samantāttu tiṣṭhantyamarakaṇṭake(2) kāverīsaṅgamaṃ puṇyaṃ śrīparvatamataḥ śṛṇu

stand all around the mountain at Amarakaṇṭaka. Now hear of the holy confluence of the Kāverī and of Śrīparvata.

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AgP 113.4

गौरी श्रीरूपिणी तेपे तपस्तामब्रवीद्धरिः(३) अवाप्स्यसि त्वमध्यात्म्यं नाम्ना श्रीपर्वतस्तव

gaurī śrīrūpiṇī tepe tapastāmabravīddhariḥ(3) avāpsyasi tvamadhyātmyaṃ nāmnā śrīparvatastava

Gaurī, taking the form of Śrī, practised austerity; Hari said to her: "You shall attain (knowledge of) the supreme Self, and by your name this shall be Śrīparvata."

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AgP 113.5

समन्ताद्योजनशतं महापुण्यं भविष्यति अत्र दानन्तपो जप्यं(४) श्राद्धं सर्वमथाक्षयं(५)

samantādyojanaśataṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyati atra dānantapo japyaṃ(4) śrāddhaṃ sarvamathākṣayaṃ(5)

"For a hundred yojanas all around it shall be greatly meritorious. Here giving, austerity, muttering, and śrāddha — all is imperishable."

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AgP 113.6

:न् १ नर्मदापरमिति झ॥ २ निर्यान्त्यमरकण्टके इति झ॥ ३ तपस्तामब्रवीद्धर इति ग॥ ४ अत्र दानं तथा जप्यमिति झ॥ ५ सर्वमथाक्षरमिति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् ३७९ मरणं शिवलोकाय सर्वदं तीर्थमुत्तमं हरो ऽत्र क्रीडते देव्या हिरण्यकशिपुस् तथा

:n 1 narmadāparamiti jha.. 2 niryāntyamarakaṇṭake iti jha.. 3 tapastāmabravīddhara iti ga.. 4 atra dānaṃ tathā japyamiti jha.. 5 sarvamathākṣaramiti kha.. , cha.. ca :p 379 maraṇaṃ śivalokāya sarvadaṃ tīrthamuttamaṃ haro 'tra krīḍate devyā hiraṇyakaśipus tathā

[Apparatus of variant readings.] Death (here leads) to the world of Śiva; it is the highest holy place, granting everything. Here Hara sports with the Goddess, and so did Hiraṇyakaśipu

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AgP 113.7

तपस्तप्त्वा बली चाभून्मुनयः सिद्धिमाप्नुवन्(१)

tapastaptvā balī cābhūnmunayaḥ siddhimāpnuvan(1)

become mighty by practising austerity, and sages attained perfection (here).

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