Agni Purana — Chapter 156
AgP 156.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे आचाराध्यायो नाम पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१५६} :श् अथ षट्पञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः द्रव्यचुद्धिः पुष्कर उवाच द्रव्यशुद्धिं प्रवक्ष्यामि पुनःपाकेन मृण्मयं शुद्ध्येन् मूत्रपुरीषाद्यैः स्पृष्टाम्रं सुवर्णकं
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe ācārādhyāyo nāma pañcapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {156} :ś atha ṣaṭpañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ dravyacuddhiḥ puṣkara uvāca dravyaśuddhiṃ pravakṣyāmi punaḥpākena mṛṇmayaṃ śuddhyen mūtrapurīṣādyaiḥ spṛṣṭāmraṃ suvarṇakaṃ
[Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the one hundred and fifty-fifth chapter, called the Chapter on Conduct. Chapter 156. Now the one hundred and fifty-sixth chapter: The Purification of Substances.] Puṣkara said: I shall declare the purification of substances. Earthenware becomes pure by being fired again; copper and gold touched by urine, excrement and the like —
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AgP 156.2
आवर्तितञ्चान्यथा तु वारिणाम्ल्लेन ताम्रकं क्षारेण कांस्यलोहानां मुक्तादेः क्षालनेन तु
āvartitañcānyathā tu vāriṇāmllena tāmrakaṃ kṣāreṇa kāṃsyalohānāṃ muktādeḥ kṣālanena tu
— (become pure) by being melted down; otherwise, copper (is purified) with water and something sour; bronze and iron with alkali; but pearls and the like by washing;
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AgP 156.3
अब्जानां(१) चैव भाण्डानां सर्वस्याश्ममयस्य च शाकरज्जुमूलफलवैदलानां तथैव च
abjānāṃ(1) caiva bhāṇḍānāṃ sarvasyāśmamayasya ca śākarajjumūlaphalavaidalānāṃ tathaiva ca
and likewise of things born in water, and of pots, and of everything made of stone, and of vegetables, ropes, roots, fruits and split bamboo (purification is by washing).
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AgP 156.4
मार्जनाद्यज्ञपात्राणां पाणिना यज्ञकर्मणि उष्णाम्बुना सस्नेहानां शुद्धिः सम्मार्जनाद्गृहे
mārjanādyajñapātrāṇāṃ pāṇinā yajñakarmaṇi uṣṇāmbunā sasnehānāṃ śuddhiḥ sammārjanādgṛhe
The purification of sacrificial vessels is by wiping with the hand during the sacrificial rite; of greasy things, by hot water; in a house, by thorough sweeping.
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AgP 156.5
:न् १ दुष्टानामिति ट॥ :प् १२८ शोधनान्म्रक्षणाद्वस्त्रे(१) मृत्तिकाद्भिर्विशोधनं बहुवस्त्रे प्रोक्षणाच्च दारवाणाञ्च तक्षणात्
:n 1 duṣṭānāmiti ṭa.. :p 128 śodhanānmrakṣaṇādvastre(1) mṛttikādbhirviśodhanaṃ bahuvastre prokṣaṇācca dāravāṇāñca takṣaṇāt
[Note: 1 MSS gha and ṅa read 'śodhanābhyukṣaṇād vastre'. Page 128:] By cleansing and by smearing; a cloth is purified with earth and water; a large quantity of cloth by sprinkling; and wooden objects by paring.
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AgP 156.6
प्रोक्षणात् संहतानान्तु द्रवाणाञ्च तथोत्प्लवात् शयनासनयानानां शूर्पस्य शकटस्य च
prokṣaṇāt saṃhatānāntu dravāṇāñca tathotplavāt śayanāsanayānānāṃ śūrpasya śakaṭasya ca
Of solid, compacted things by sprinkling, and of liquids likewise by skimming off; of beds, seats, vehicles, of a winnowing-fan and of a cart,
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AgP 156.7
शुद्धिः सम्प्रोक्षणाज् ज्ञेया पलालेन्धनयोस् तथा शुद्धार्थकानाङ्कल्केन शृङ्गदन्तमयस्य च
śuddhiḥ samprokṣaṇāj jñeyā palālendhanayos tathā śuddhārthakānāṅkalkena śṛṅgadantamayasya ca
purification is to be known to be by sprinkling; so too for straw and firewood; of things to be purified, with a paste, and also of what is made of horn and ivory;
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AgP 156.8
गोबालैः पलपात्राणामस्थ्नां स्याच्छृङ्गवत्तथा निर्यासानां गुडानाञ्च लवणानां च शोषणात्
gobālaiḥ palapātrāṇāmasthnāṃ syācchṛṅgavattathā niryāsānāṃ guḍānāñca lavaṇānāṃ ca śoṣaṇāt
of meat-vessels with cow-hair; of bones it is as with horn; and of resins, molasses and salts, by drying;
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AgP 156.9
कुशुम्भकुसुमानाञ्च ऊर्णाकार्पासयोस् तथा शुद्धन्नदीगतं तोयं पुण्यन्तद्वत् प्रसारितं
kuśumbhakusumānāñca ūrṇākārpāsayos tathā śuddhannadīgataṃ toyaṃ puṇyantadvat prasāritaṃ
and of safflower blossoms, and likewise of wool and cotton. Water that flows in a river is pure; water spread out (in a wide expanse) is holy in the same way.
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AgP 156.10
मुखवर्जञ्च गौः शुद्धा शुद्धमश्वाजयोर्मुखं नारीणाञ्चैव वत्सानां शकुनीनां शुनो मुखं
mukhavarjañca gauḥ śuddhā śuddhamaśvājayormukhaṃ nārīṇāñcaiva vatsānāṃ śakunīnāṃ śuno mukhaṃ
A cow is pure except for her mouth; the mouth of a horse and of a goat is pure, and (so is) that of women, of calves, of birds, and the mouth of a dog
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AgP 156.11
मुखैः प्रस्रवणे वृत्ते मृगयायां सदा शुचि भुक्त्वा क्षुत्वा तथा सुप्त्वा पीत्वा चाम्भो विगाह्य च
mukhaiḥ prasravaṇe vṛtte mṛgayāyāṃ sadā śuci bhuktvā kṣutvā tathā suptvā pītvā cāmbho vigāhya ca
— when a flow has been set going by their mouths; in hunting it is always pure. After eating, after sneezing, after sleeping, after drinking water and after plunging into it,
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AgP 156.12
रथ्यामाक्रम्य चाचामेद्वासो विपरिधाय च मार्जारश् चङ्क्रमाच्छुद्धश् चतुर्य्थे ऽह्नि रजस्वला
rathyāmākramya cācāmedvāso viparidhāya ca mārjāraś caṅkramācchuddhaś caturythe 'hni rajasvalā
and after treading on a public road, one should rinse the mouth, and after changing one's garment. A cat is purified by its roaming about. A menstruating woman on the fourth day,
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AgP 156.13
स्नाता स्त्री पञ्चमे योग्या दैवे पित्र्ये च कर्मणि पञ्चापाने दशैकस्मिन्नुभयोः सप्त मृत्तिकाः
snātā strī pañcame yogyā daive pitrye ca karmaṇi pañcāpāne daśaikasminnubhayoḥ sapta mṛttikāḥ
having bathed, is a woman fit on the fifth day for rites for the gods and for the ancestors. Five (applications of earth) for the anus, ten for one hand, seven for both;
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AgP 156.14
एकां लिङ्गे मृदं दद्यात् करयोस्त्रिद्विमृत्तिकाः ब्रह्मचारिवनस्थानां यतीनाञ्च चतुर्गुणं
ekāṃ liṅge mṛdaṃ dadyāt karayostridvimṛttikāḥ brahmacārivanasthānāṃ yatīnāñca caturguṇaṃ
he should apply one lump of earth to the organ, three and two to the hands; for celibate students, forest-dwellers and ascetics it is fourfold.
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AgP 156.15
श्रीफलैर् अंशुपट्टानां क्षौमाणाङ्गौरसर्षपैः :न् १ शोधनाभ्युक्षणाद्वस्त्रे इति घ॥ , ङ॥ च :प् १२९ शुद्धिः पर्युक्ष्य तोयेन मृगलोम्नां प्रकीर्तिता
śrīphalair aṃśupaṭṭānāṃ kṣaumāṇāṅgaurasarṣapaiḥ :n 1 śodhanābhyukṣaṇādvastre iti gha.. , ṅa.. ca :p 129 śuddhiḥ paryukṣya toyena mṛgalomnāṃ prakīrtitā
Fine silk cloths (are purified) with bael fruits, linen ones with white mustard; [Note: 1 MSS gha and ṅa read 'śodhanābhyukṣaṇād vastre'. Page 129:] the purification of deer-hair is declared to be by sprinkling round with water.
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AgP 156.16
पुष्पाणाञ्च फलानाञ्च प्रोक्षणाज्जलतो ऽखिलं
puṣpāṇāñca phalānāñca prokṣaṇājjalato 'khilaṃ
And of flowers and of fruits, everything (is purified) by sprinkling with water.
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