Agni Purana — Chapter 137
AgP 137.1
अ, भ, कृ, रो, मृ, आ, पु, पु, अ, म, पू, उ, ह, चि, स्वा, वि, अ, ज्ये, मू, पू, उ, अ, ध, श, पू, उ, रे । अत्र सप्तविंशतिनक्षत्राणि ज्ञेयानि :ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे युद्धजयार्णवे नक्षत्रचक्रं नाम षट्त्रिंशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१३७} :श् अथ सप्तत्रिंशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः महामारीविद्या ईश्वर उवाच महामारीं प्रवक्ष्यामि विद्यां शत्रुविमर्दिनीं :न् १ चक्रम्फणीश्वरन्तद्वत् इति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , झ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ८२ ॐ ह्रीं महामारि रक्ताक्षि कृष्णवर्णे यमस्याज्ञाकरिणि सर्वभूतसंहारकारिणि अमुकं हन २ ॐ दह २ पच २ ॐ छिन्द २ ॐ मारय २ ॐ उत्सादय २ ॐ सर्वसत्त्ववशङ्करि सर्वकामिके हुं फट् स्वाहेति ॐ मारि हृदयाय नमः । ॐ महामारि शिरसे स्वाहा । ॐ कालरात्रि शिखायै वौषट् । ॐ कृष्णवर्णे खः कवचाय हुं । ॐ तारकाक्षि विद्युज्जिह्वे सर्वसत्त्वभयङ्करि रक्ष २ सर्वकार्येषु ह्रं त्रिनेत्राय चषट् । ॐ महामारि सर्वभूतदमानि महाकालि अस्त्राय हुं फट् एष न्यासी महादेवि कर्तव्यः साधकेन तु
a, bha, kṛ, ro, mṛ, ā, pu, pu, a, ma, pū, u, ha, ci, svā, vi, a, jye, mū, pū, u, a, dha, śa, pū, u, re / atra saptaviṃśatinakṣatrāṇi jñeyāni :e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yuddhajayārṇave nakṣatracakraṃ nāma ṣaṭtriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {137} :ś atha saptatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ mahāmārīvidyā īśvara uvāca mahāmārīṃ pravakṣyāmi vidyāṃ śatruvimardinīṃ :n 1 cakramphaṇīśvarantadvat iti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , jha.. , ña.. ca :p 82 oṃ hrīṃ mahāmāri raktākṣi kṛṣṇavarṇe yamasyājñākariṇi sarvabhūtasaṃhārakāriṇi amukaṃ hana 2 oṃ daha 2 paca 2 oṃ chinda 2 oṃ māraya 2 oṃ utsādaya 2 oṃ sarvasattvavaśaṅkari sarvakāmike huṃ phaṭ svāheti oṃ māri hṛdayāya namaḥ / oṃ mahāmāri śirase svāhā / oṃ kālarātri śikhāyai vauṣaṭ / oṃ kṛṣṇavarṇe khaḥ kavacāya huṃ / oṃ tārakākṣi vidyujjihve sarvasattvabhayaṅkari rakṣa 2 sarvakāryeṣu hraṃ trinetrāya caṣaṭ / oṃ mahāmāri sarvabhūtadamāni mahākāli astrāya huṃ phaṭ eṣa nyāsī mahādevi kartavyaḥ sādhakena tu
A, Bha, Kṛ, Ro, Mṛ, Ā, Pu, Pu, A, Ma, Pū, U, Ha, Ci, Svā, Vi, A, Jye, Mū, Pū, U, A, Dha, Śa, Pū, U, Re. Here the twenty-seven lunar mansions are to be understood. [Colophon] Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, in the "Ocean of Victory in War," the one hundred thirty-sixth chapter, called "The Circle of the Lunar Mansions." [Chapter 137] Now the one hundred thirty-seventh chapter: The Vidyā of Mahāmārī. Īśvara said: I shall declare Mahāmārī, the vidyā that crushes enemies. [Note 1: "cakraṃ phaṇīśvaraṃ tadvat" in MSS ga, gha, ṅa, jha, and ña. Page 82] Oṃ hrīṃ, O Mahāmārī, red-eyed, black-coloured, executrix of Yama's command, effecter of the destruction of all beings, slay, slay so-and-so; oṃ burn, burn; cook, cook; oṃ cut, cut; oṃ kill, kill; oṃ uproot, uproot; oṃ subjugator of all creatures, fulfiller of all desires, huṃ phaṭ svāhā. Oṃ, homage to Māri, for the heart. Oṃ Mahāmārī, svāhā, for the head. Oṃ Kālarātri, vauṣaṭ, for the crest. Oṃ black-coloured one, khaḥ, huṃ, for the cuirass. Oṃ, star-eyed, lightning-tongued, terrifier of all creatures, protect, protect in all undertakings, hraṃ, caṣaṭ, for the three-eyed one. Oṃ Mahāmārī, subduer of all beings, Mahākālī, huṃ phaṭ, for the weapon. This placing (nyāsa), O Mahādevī, is to be performed by the practitioner.
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AgP 137.2
शवादिवस्त्रमादाय चतुरस्रन्त्रिहस्तकं कृष्णवर्णां त्रिवक्त्राञ्च चतुर्बाहुं समालिखेत्
śavādivastramādāya caturasrantrihastakaṃ kṛṣṇavarṇāṃ trivaktrāñca caturbāhuṃ samālikhet
Taking a cloth from a corpse or the like, square, three cubits (in size), one should draw (her) black-coloured, three-faced, and four-armed,
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AgP 137.3
पटे विचित्रवर्णैश् च धनुः शूलञ्च कर्तृकां(१) खट्वाङ्गन्धारयन्तीं च कृष्णाभं पूर्वमाननं
paṭe vicitravarṇaiś ca dhanuḥ śūlañca kartṛkāṃ(1) khaṭvāṅgandhārayantīṃ ca kṛṣṇābhaṃ pūrvamānanaṃ
on the cloth with variegated colours, holding a bow, a trident, a chopping-knife, and a skull-staff; the eastern face black in hue.
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AgP 137.4
तस्य दृष्टिनिपातेन भक्षयेदग्रतो नरं द्वितीयं याम्यभागे तु रक्तजिह्वं भयानकं
tasya dṛṣṭinipātena bhakṣayedagrato naraṃ dvitīyaṃ yāmyabhāge tu raktajihvaṃ bhayānakaṃ
By the falling of its glance it devours the man in front. The second (face), in the southern quarter, red-tongued, terrifying,
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AgP 137.5
लेलिहानं करालं च दंष्ट्रोत्कटभयानकं तस्य दृष्टिनिपातेन भक्ष्यमाणं हयादिकं
lelihānaṃ karālaṃ ca daṃṣṭrotkaṭabhayānakaṃ tasya dṛṣṭinipātena bhakṣyamāṇaṃ hayādikaṃ
licking (its lips), gaping, dreadful with jutting fangs; by the falling of its glance horses and the like are being devoured.
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AgP 137.6
तृतीयं च सुखं देव्याः श्वेतवर्णं गजादिनुत् गन्धपुष्पादिमध्वाज्यैः पश्चिमाभिमुखं यजेत्
tṛtīyaṃ ca sukhaṃ devyāḥ śvetavarṇaṃ gajādinut gandhapuṣpādimadhvājyaiḥ paścimābhimukhaṃ yajet
And the third face of the goddess is pleasant, white-coloured, destroying elephants and the like. With perfumes, flowers, and the rest, and with honey and ghee, one should worship facing west.
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AgP 137.7
:न् १ सधनुःशूलकर्तृकामिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ८३ मन्त्रस्मृतेरक्षिरोगशिरोरोगादि नश्यति वश्याः स्युर्यक्षरक्षाश् च नाशमायान्ति शत्रवः
:n 1 sadhanuḥśūlakartṛkāmiti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ja.. , ña.. ca :p 83 mantrasmṛterakṣirogaśirorogādi naśyati vaśyāḥ syuryakṣarakṣāś ca nāśamāyānti śatravaḥ
[Note 1: "sadhanuḥśūlakartṛkām" in MSS kha, ga, gha, ṅa, ja, and ña. Page 83] By the recollection of the mantra, eye-disease, head-disease and the rest perish; yakṣas and rākṣasas become subject, and enemies go to destruction.
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AgP 137.8
समिधो निम्बवृक्षस्य ह्य् अजारक्तविमिश्रिताः मारयेत् क्रोधसंयुक्तो होमादेव न संशयः
samidho nimbavṛkṣasya hy ajāraktavimiśritāḥ mārayet krodhasaṃyukto homādeva na saṃśayaḥ
Kindling-sticks of the nimba tree mixed with a she-goat's blood: joined with wrath, one may kill by the oblation alone — there is no doubt.
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AgP 137.9
परसैन्यमुखो भूत्वा सप्ताहं जुहुयाद्यदि व्याधिभिर्गृह्यते सैन्यम्भङ्गो भवति वैरिणः
parasainyamukho bhūtvā saptāhaṃ juhuyādyadi vyādhibhirgṛhyate sainyambhaṅgo bhavati vairiṇaḥ
If, facing the enemy's army, one should offer oblations for seven days, the army is seized by diseases and the foe's rout comes about.
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AgP 137.10
समिधो ऽष्टसहस्रन्तु यस्य नाम्ना तु होमयेत् अचिरान् म्रियते सोपि ब्रह्मणा यदि रक्षितः
samidho 'ṣṭasahasrantu yasya nāmnā tu homayet acirān mriyate sopi brahmaṇā yadi rakṣitaḥ
But if one offers eight thousand kindling-sticks with the name of someone, he too dies before long, even if protected by Brahmā.
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AgP 137.11
उन्मत्तसमिधो रक्तविषयुक्तसहस्रकं दिनत्रयं ससैन्यश् च नाशमायाति वै रिपुः
unmattasamidho raktaviṣayuktasahasrakaṃ dinatrayaṃ sasainyaś ca nāśamāyāti vai ripuḥ
A thousand kindling-sticks of the thorn-apple joined with blood and poison, for three days: the enemy together with his army indeed goes to destruction.
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AgP 137.12
राजिकालवर्णैर् होमाद्भङ्गो ऽरेः स्याद् दिनत्रयात् खररक्तसमायुक्तहोमादुच्चाटयेद्रिपुं
rājikālavarṇair homādbhaṅgo 'reḥ syād dinatrayāt khararaktasamāyuktahomāduccāṭayedripuṃ
By oblation with mustard-seed and salt(?) the enemy's rout would occur within three days; by oblation combined with a donkey's blood one should drive the enemy away.
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AgP 137.13
काकरक्तसमायोगाद्धोमादुत्सादनं ह्य् अरेः बधाय कुरुते सर्वं यत् किञ्चिन्मनसेप्सितं
kākaraktasamāyogāddhomādutsādanaṃ hy areḥ badhāya kurute sarvaṃ yat kiñcinmanasepsitaṃ
By oblation with the conjunction of crow's blood, the extirpation of the enemy indeed; it accomplishes, for (his) destruction, all that is desired in the mind.
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AgP 137.14
अथ सङ्ग्रामसमये गजारूढस्तु साधकः कुमारीद्वयसंयुक्तो मन्त्रसन्नद्धविग्रहः
atha saṅgrāmasamaye gajārūḍhastu sādhakaḥ kumārīdvayasaṃyukto mantrasannaddhavigrahaḥ
Now at the time of battle the practitioner, mounted on an elephant, accompanied by two maidens, his body armoured with mantras,
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AgP 137.15
दूरशङ्खादिवाद्यनि विद्यया ह्य् आभिमन्त्रयेत् महामायापटं गृह्य उच्छेत्तव्यं रणाजिरे
dūraśaṅkhādivādyani vidyayā hy ābhimantrayet mahāmāyāpaṭaṃ gṛhya ucchettavyaṃ raṇājire
He should consecrate with the spell the far-(sounding) conch and the other instruments; taking the cloth of the Great Illusion, (the enemy) is to be cut down on the field of battle.
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AgP 137.16
परसैन्यमुखो भूत्वा दर्शयेत्तं महापटं कुमारीर्भोजयेत्तत्र पश्चात्पिण्डीञ्च भ्रामयेत्
parasainyamukho bhūtvā darśayettaṃ mahāpaṭaṃ kumārīrbhojayettatra paścātpiṇḍīñca bhrāmayet
Having turned to face the enemy army, he should display that great cloth; there he should feed the maidens, and afterwards whirl the ball of offering.
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AgP 137.17
साधकश्चिन्तयेत्सैन्यम्पाषाणमिव निश् चलं निरुत्साहं विभग्नञ्च मुह्यमानञ्च भावयेत्
sādhakaścintayetsainyampāṣāṇamiva niś calaṃ nirutsāhaṃ vibhagnañca muhyamānañca bhāvayet
The practitioner should think of the army as motionless like stone; he should imagine it without spirit, broken apart, and bewildered.
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AgP 137.18
एष स्तम्भो मया प्रोक्तो न देयो यस्य कस्य चित् :प् ८४ त्रैलोक्यविजया माया दुर्गैवं भैरवी तथा
eṣa stambho mayā prokto na deyo yasya kasya cit :p 84 trailokyavijayā māyā durgaivaṃ bhairavī tathā
This immobilizing (rite) has been declared by me; it is not to be given to just anyone. Thus (also) Māyā the conqueror of the three worlds, Durgā, and Bhairavī likewise,
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AgP 137.19
कुब्जिका भैरवो रुद्रो नारसिंहपटादिना ॥१९
kubjikā bhairavo rudro nārasiṃhapaṭādinā //19
Kubjikā, Bhairava, Rudra — by means of the Narasiṃha cloth and the rest.
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