Agni Purana — Chapter 171
AgP 171.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे प्रायश्चित्तानि नाम सप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ अन्त्यजैश् च स्वपाकेनेति ङ। २ अन्त्यजातिश्वपाकेनेत्यादिः, तत्र आचरेदित्यन्तः पाठः छ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति ३ शवन्ततत्स्पर्शिनं श्वानमिति ख॥ । शवन्तत्स्पृष्टिनं श्वानमिति घ॥ , ज॥ च ४ मूत्रोच्चारं द्विजः कृत्वेत्यादिः, पूयन्ते पापिनो ऽखिला इत्य् अन्तः पाठः ज॥ , झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् १७९ छप्तेर् {१७१} :श् अथ एकसप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः प्रायश्चित्तानि पुष्कर उवाच प्रायश्चित्तं रहस्यादि वक्ष्ये शुद्धिकरं पर पौरुषेण तु सूक्तेन मासं जप्यादिनाघहा
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe prāyaścittāni nāma saptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 antyajaiś ca svapākeneti ṅa. 2 antyajātiśvapākenetyādiḥ, tatra ācaredityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ cha.. pustake nāsti 3 śavantatatsparśinaṃ śvānamiti kha.. / śavantatspṛṣṭinaṃ śvānamiti gha.. , ja.. ca 4 mūtroccāraṃ dvijaḥ kṛtvetyādiḥ, pūyante pāpino 'khilā ity antaḥ pāṭhaḥ ja.. , jha.. pustake nāsti :p 179 chapter {171} :ś atha ekasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ prāyaścittāni puṣkara uvāca prāyaścittaṃ rahasyādi vakṣye śuddhikaraṃ para pauruṣeṇa tu sūktena māsaṃ japyādināghahā
[Colophon:] Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred and seventieth chapter, called "Expiations." [Notes:] 1. "antyajaiś ca svapākena" in MS ṅa. 2. The passage beginning "antyajātiśvapākena" and ending with "ācaret" is not in MS cha. 3. "śavantatatsparśinaṃ śvānam" in MS kha; "śavantatspṛṣṭinaṃ śvānam" in MSS gha and ja. 4. The passage beginning "mūtroccāraṃ dvijaḥ kṛtvā" and ending "pūyante pāpino 'khilāḥ" is not in MSS ja and jha. [p. 179, chapter 171. Heading:] Now the one hundred and seventy-first chapter: Expiations. Puṣkara said: I shall declare expiation—the secret (rites) and the rest—supreme and purifying. By the Pauruṣa hymn (recited) for a month, and by recitation and the rest, sin is destroyed.
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AgP 171.2
मुच्यते पातकैः सर्वैर् जप्त्वा त्रिरघमर्षणं वेदजप्याद्वायुयमाद् गायत्र्या व्रततो ऽद्यहा(१)
mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvair japtvā triraghamarṣaṇaṃ vedajapyādvāyuyamād gāyatryā vratato 'dyahā(1)
He is freed from all the mortal sins by reciting the Aghamarṣaṇa three times; by recitation of the Veda, by the (hymns) to Vāyu and Yama, by the Gāyatrī, and by vow, the sin of the (present) day is destroyed. (1)
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AgP 171.3
मुण्डनं सर्वकृच्छ्रेषु स्नानं होमो हरेर्यजिः उत्थितस्तु दिवा तिष्ठेदुपविष्टस् तथा निशि
muṇḍanaṃ sarvakṛcchreṣu snānaṃ homo hareryajiḥ utthitastu divā tiṣṭhedupaviṣṭas tathā niśi
In all the kṛcchra penances there is shaving of the head, bathing, oblation, and worship of Hari. He should remain standing by day, and likewise seated at night.
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AgP 171.4
एतद्वीरासनं प्रोक्तं कृच्छ्रकृत्तेन पापहा अष्टभिः प्रत्यहं ग्रासैर् यतिचान्द्रायणं स्मृतं
etadvīrāsanaṃ proktaṃ kṛcchrakṛttena pāpahā aṣṭabhiḥ pratyahaṃ grāsair yaticāndrāyaṇaṃ smṛtaṃ
This is declared to be the vīrāsana; performed by one undertaking a kṛcchra it destroys sin. With eight mouthfuls a day, the ascetic's cāndrāyaṇa is taught.
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AgP 171.5
प्रातश् चतुर्भिः सायञ्च शिशुचान्द्रायणं स्मृतं यथाकथञ्चित् पिण्डानाम् चत्वारिंशच्छतद्वयं
prātaś caturbhiḥ sāyañca śiśucāndrāyaṇaṃ smṛtaṃ yathākathañcit piṇḍānām catvāriṃśacchatadvayaṃ
With four in the morning and four in the evening, the child's cāndrāyaṇa is taught: two hundred and forty balls (of food), in whatever manner (divided).
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AgP 171.6
मासेन भक्षयेदेतत् सुरचान्द्रायणं चरेत् त्र्यहमुष्णं पिवेदापस्त्यहमुष्णं पयः पिवेत्
māsena bhakṣayedetat suracāndrāyaṇaṃ caret tryahamuṣṇaṃ pivedāpastyahamuṣṇaṃ payaḥ pivet
He should eat this over the course of a month: (thus) he performs the suracāndrāyaṇa. For three days he should drink hot water; for three days he should drink hot milk.
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AgP 171.7
त्र्याहमुष्णं घृतं पीत्वा वायुभक्षो भवेत् त्र्यहं तप्तकृच्छ्रमिदं प्रोक्तं शीतैः शीतं प्रकीर्तितं
tryāhamuṣṇaṃ ghṛtaṃ pītvā vāyubhakṣo bhavet tryahaṃ taptakṛcchramidaṃ proktaṃ śītaiḥ śītaṃ prakīrtitaṃ
Having drunk hot ghee for three days, he should live on air for three days: this is called the taptakṛcchra ("heated penance"); with cold (substances) it is proclaimed the cold one.
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AgP 171.8
कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रं पयसा दिवसानेकविंशतिं गोमूत्रं गोमयं क्षीरं दधि सर्पिः कुशोदकं
kṛcchrātikṛcchraṃ payasā divasānekaviṃśatiṃ gomūtraṃ gomayaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhi sarpiḥ kuśodakaṃ
The kṛcchrātikṛcchra is with milk for twenty-one days. Cow's urine, cow dung, milk, curd, ghee, and kuśa-water—
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AgP 171.9
:न् १ जपतो ऽवधहेति ख॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ च :प् १८० एकरात्रोपवासश् चकृच्छ्रं शान्तपनं स्मृतं एतच्च प्रत्याभ्यस्तं महाशान्तपनं स्मृतं
:n 1 japato 'vadhaheti kha.. , gha.. , ja.. ca :p 180 ekarātropavāsaś cakṛcchraṃ śāntapanaṃ smṛtaṃ etacca pratyābhyastaṃ mahāśāntapanaṃ smṛtaṃ
[Note:] 1. "japato 'vadhahā" in MSS kha, gha, and ja. [p. 180] —and a fast of one night: that kṛcchra is taught as the śāntapana; and this, repeated (day by day), is taught as the mahāśāntapana.
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AgP 171.10
त्र्यहाभ्यस्तमथैकैकमतिशान्तपनं स्मृतं कृच्छ्रं पराकसञ्ज्ञं स्याद्द्वादशाहमभोजनं
tryahābhyastamathaikaikamatiśāntapanaṃ smṛtaṃ kṛcchraṃ parākasañjñaṃ syāddvādaśāhamabhojanaṃ
And when each one (of these) is repeated for three days it is taught as the atiśāntapana; the kṛcchra named parāka would be abstention from food for twelve days.
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AgP 171.11
एकभक्तं त्र्यहाभ्यस्तं क्रमान्नक्तमयाचितं प्राजापत्यमुपोष्यान्ते पादः स्यात् कृच्छ्रपादकः
ekabhaktaṃ tryahābhyastaṃ kramānnaktamayācitaṃ prājāpatyamupoṣyānte pādaḥ syāt kṛcchrapādakaḥ
One meal (a day), repeated for three days; in order, eating at night, food not begged for, and fasting at the end—that is the prājāpatya; a quarter of it would be the "quarter-kṛcchra."
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AgP 171.12
फलैर् मासं फलं कृच्छ्रं बिल्वैः श्रीक्च्छ्र ईरितः पद्माक्षैः स्यादामलकैः पुष्पकृच्छ्रं तु पुष्पकैः
phalair māsaṃ phalaṃ kṛcchraṃ bilvaiḥ śrīkcchra īritaḥ padmākṣaiḥ syādāmalakaiḥ puṣpakṛcchraṃ tu puṣpakaiḥ
With fruits for a month is the phalakṛcchra; with bilva fruits the śrīkṛcchra is declared; with lotus seeds (or) with āmalaka fruits (there is another); and the puṣpakṛcchra is with flowers.
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AgP 171.13
पत्रकृच्छ्रन्तथा पत्रैस्तोयकृच्छ्रं जलेन तु मूलकृच्छ्रन्तथा मूलैर् दृध्न क्षीरेण तक्रतः
patrakṛcchrantathā patraistoyakṛcchraṃ jalena tu mūlakṛcchrantathā mūlair dṛdhna kṣīreṇa takrataḥ
Likewise the leaf-kṛcchra with leaves, the water-kṛcchra with water, and likewise the root-kṛcchra with roots; (and others) with curd, with milk, with buttermilk.
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AgP 171.14
मासं वायव्यकृच्छ्रं स्यात्पाणिपूरान्नभोजनात् तिलैर् द्वादशरात्रेण कृच्छ्रमाग्नेयमार्तिनुत्
māsaṃ vāyavyakṛcchraṃ syātpāṇipūrānnabhojanāt tilair dvādaśarātreṇa kṛcchramāgneyamārtinut
For a month there would be the Vāyavya kṛcchra, from eating food (only) as much as fills the hand; with sesame seeds for twelve nights is the Āgneya kṛcchra, which removes affliction.
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AgP 171.15
पाक्षं प्रसृत्या लाजानां ब्रह्मकूर्चं तथा भवेत् उपोषितश् चतुर्दृश्यां पञ्चदश्यामनन्तरं
pākṣaṃ prasṛtyā lājānāṃ brahmakūrcaṃ tathā bhavet upoṣitaś caturdṛśyāṃ pañcadaśyāmanantaraṃ
For a fortnight, with a handful of parched grain; and likewise the brahmakūrca comes about: having fasted on the fourteenth, then on the fifteenth
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AgP 171.16
पञ्चगव्यं समश्नीयाद्धविष्याशीत्यनन्तरं मासेन द्विर् नरः कृत्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
pañcagavyaṃ samaśnīyāddhaviṣyāśītyanantaraṃ māsena dvir naraḥ kṛtvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
he should consume the five products of the cow, and thereafter eat sacrificial food. A man who does this twice in a month is released from all sins.
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AgP 171.17
श्रीकामः पुष्टिकामश् च स्वर्गकामो ऽघनष्टये देवताराधनपरः कृच्छ्रकारी स सर्वभाक्
śrīkāmaḥ puṣṭikāmaś ca svargakāmo 'ghanaṣṭaye devatārādhanaparaḥ kṛcchrakārī sa sarvabhāk
One desiring prosperity, one desiring increase, one desiring heaven, (one acting) for the destruction of sin—the performer of the kṛcchra, devoted to the worship of the deity, obtains all (these).
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