Agni Purana — Chapter 174
AgP 174.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे प्रायश्चित्तानि नाम त्रिसप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ हविष्यभुगिति ग॥ ,ट॥ च २ मातृजायागमे इति ग॥ , छ॥ , ट॥ च :प् १८९ छप्तेर् {१७४} :श् अथ चतुःसप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः प्रायश्चित्तानि अग्निर् उवाच देवाश्रमार्चनादीनां प्रायश्चित्तन्तु लोपतः पूजालोपे चाष्टशतं जपेद्द्विगुणपूजनं
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe prāyaścittāni nāma trisaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 haviṣyabhugiti ga.. ,ṭa.. ca 2 mātṛjāyāgame iti ga.. , cha.. , ṭa.. ca :p 189 chapter {174} :ś atha catuḥsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ prāyaścittāni agnir uvāca devāśramārcanādīnāṃ prāyaścittantu lopataḥ pūjālope cāṣṭaśataṃ japeddviguṇapūjanaṃ
Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa the one hundred seventy-third chapter, called "Expiations." [Notes: 1. 'haviṣyabhuk' in mss. ga and ṭa. 2. 'mātṛjāyāgame' in mss. ga, cha and ṭa.] Chapter 174. Now the one hundred seventy-fourth chapter: Expiations. Agni said: The expiation for the omission of the worship of gods, hermitages and so on (is as follows): when worship has been omitted, he should recite one hundred and eight (times) and perform the worship twofold;
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AgP 174.2
पञ्चोपनिषदैर् मन्त्रैर् हुत्वा ब्राह्मणभोजनं सूतिकान्त्यजकोदक्यास्पृष्टे देवे शतं जपेत्(१)
pañcopaniṣadair mantrair hutvā brāhmaṇabhojanaṃ sūtikāntyajakodakyāspṛṣṭe deve śataṃ japet(1)
having offered oblations with the five upaniṣad mantras, (there should be) the feeding of brahmins. When the deity has been touched by a woman in childbed, an outcaste, or a menstruating woman, he should recite a hundred (times);
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AgP 174.3
पञ्चोपनिषदैः पूजां द्विगुणं स्नानमेव च विप्रभोज्यं होमलोपे होमस्नानं तथार्चनं
pañcopaniṣadaiḥ pūjāṃ dviguṇaṃ snānameva ca viprabhojyaṃ homalope homasnānaṃ tathārcanaṃ
(he should perform) worship with the five upaniṣad (mantras), and bathing twofold as well, and feeding of brahmins; when the fire-offering has been omitted, (the remedy is) the fire-offering, bathing, and likewise worship.
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AgP 174.4
होमद्रव्ये मूषिकाद्यैर् भक्षिते कीटसंयुते तावन्मात्रं परित्यज्य प्रोक्ष्य देवादि पूजयेत्
homadravye mūṣikādyair bhakṣite kīṭasaṃyute tāvanmātraṃ parityajya prokṣya devādi pūjayet
When the material for the fire-offering has been eaten by mice and the like, or is infested with insects, he should discard just that much, sprinkle (the rest), and worship the deity and the rest.
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AgP 174.5
अङ्कुरार्पणमात्रन्तु छिन्नं भिन्नं परित्यजेत् अस्पृश्यैश् चैव संस्पृष्टे अन्यपात्रे तदर्पणं
aṅkurārpaṇamātrantu chinnaṃ bhinnaṃ parityajet aspṛśyaiś caiva saṃspṛṣṭe anyapātre tadarpaṇaṃ
But in the mere offering of sprouts, he should discard what is cut or split; and when (things) have been touched by untouchables, the offering of them (should be made) in another vessel.
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AgP 174.6
देवमानुषविघ्नघ्नं पूजाकाले तथैव च मन्त्रद्रव्यादिव्यत्यासे मूलं जप्त्वा पुनर्जपेत्
devamānuṣavighnaghnaṃ pūjākāle tathaiva ca mantradravyādivyatyāse mūlaṃ japtvā punarjapet
(He should recite) that which destroys obstacles from gods and men, likewise at the time of worship; and when there is a transposition of mantra, materials and so forth, he should recite the root mantra and then recite again.
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AgP 174.7
कुम्भेनाष्टशतजपो देवे तु पतिते करात् भिन्ने नष्टे चोपवासः शतहोमाच्छुभं भवेत्(२)
kumbhenāṣṭaśatajapo deve tu patite karāt bhinne naṣṭe copavāsaḥ śatahomācchubhaṃ bhavet(2)
With the pot (there is) recitation of one hundred and eight; but if the deity (image) falls from the hand, or is broken or lost, (there is) a fast — by a hundred oblations good (result) comes about.
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AgP 174.8
:न् १ शतं शहुनेदिति ख॥ , छ॥ च २ शतहोमाच्छुचिर्भवेदिति ख॥ , घ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् १९० कृते पापे ऽनुतापो वै यस्य पुंसः प्रजायते प्रायश्चित्तन्तु तस्यैकं हरिसंस्मरणं परं
:n 1 śataṃ śahunediti kha.. , cha.. ca 2 śatahomācchucirbhavediti kha.. , gha.. , ña.. ca :p 190 kṛte pāpe 'nutāpo vai yasya puṃsaḥ prajāyate prāyaścittantu tasyaikaṃ harisaṃsmaraṇaṃ paraṃ
When a sin has been committed, for that man in whom remorse arises, his one supreme expiation is the remembrance of Hari. [The accompanying apparatus records manuscript variants and the page number.]
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AgP 174.9
चान्द्रायणं पराको वा प्राजापत्यमघौघनुत् सूर्येशशक्तिश्रीशदिमन्त्रजप्यमघौघनुत्
cāndrāyaṇaṃ parāko vā prājāpatyamaghaughanut sūryeśaśaktiśrīśadimantrajapyamaghaughanut
The cāndrāyaṇa, or the parāka, (or) the prājāpatya (penance) drives away the flood of sin; the recitation of the mantras of Sūrya, Īśa, Śakti, Śrīśa and the rest drives away the flood of sin.
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AgP 174.10
गायत्रीप्रणवस्तोत्रमन्त्रजप्यमघान्तकं काद्यैर् आवीजसंयुक्तैर् आद्यैर् आद्यैस्तदन्तकैः
gāyatrīpraṇavastotramantrajapyamaghāntakaṃ kādyair āvījasaṃyuktair ādyair ādyaistadantakaiḥ
The gāyatrī, the praṇava, hymns and mantra-recitation put an end to sin — (formed) with the letters beginning with ka joined to the seed-syllable, with the first (letters), with the first ones having that at the end.
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AgP 174.11
सूर्येशशक्तिश्रीशादिमन्त्राः कोट्यधिकाः पृथक् ॐह्रीमाद्याश् चतुर्थ्यन्ता नमोन्ताः सर्वकामदाः
sūryeśaśaktiśrīśādimantrāḥ koṭyadhikāḥ pṛthak oṃhrīmādyāś caturthyantā namontāḥ sarvakāmadāḥ
The mantras of Sūrya, Īśa, Śakti, Śrīśa and the rest are, each separately, more than a crore; beginning with oṃ hrīṃ, with (the name) ending in the fourth case, ending in namaḥ, they grant all desires.
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AgP 174.12
नृसिंहद्वादशाष्टार्णमालामन्त्राद्यघौघनुत् आग्नेयस्य पुराणस्य पठनं श्रवणादिकं
nṛsiṃhadvādaśāṣṭārṇamālāmantrādyaghaughanut āgneyasya purāṇasya paṭhanaṃ śravaṇādikaṃ
The twelve-syllabled and eight-syllabled (mantras) of Nṛsiṃha, the garland-mantra and the rest drive away the flood of sin, (as does) the reciting and the hearing and so forth of the Āgneya Purāṇa.
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AgP 174.13
द्विविद्यारूपको विष्णुरग्निरूपस्तु गीयते परमात्मा देवमुखं सर्ववेदेषु गीयते
dvividyārūpako viṣṇuragnirūpastu gīyate paramātmā devamukhaṃ sarvavedeṣu gīyate
Viṣṇu is sung as having the form of the two knowledges, and as having the form of fire; the supreme Self, the mouth of the gods, is sung in all the Vedas.
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AgP 174.14
प्रवृत्तौ तु निवृत्तौ तु इज्यते भुक्तिमुक्तिदः(१) अग्निरूपस्य विष्णोर्हि हवनं ध्यानमर्चनं
pravṛttau tu nivṛttau tu ijyate bhuktimuktidaḥ(1) agnirūpasya viṣṇorhi havanaṃ dhyānamarcanaṃ
In (the path of) engagement and in (the path of) withdrawal he is worshipped as the giver of enjoyment and of liberation; for Viṣṇu in the form of fire there is oblation, meditation, worship,
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AgP 174.15
जप्यं स्तुतिश् च प्रणतिः शारीराशेषाघौघनुत् दशस्वर्णानि दानानि धान्यद्वादशमेव च
japyaṃ stutiś ca praṇatiḥ śārīrāśeṣāghaughanut daśasvarṇāni dānāni dhānyadvādaśameva ca
recitation, praise and prostration — (these) drive away the entire flood of bodily sin; and the ten gifts of gold, and the twelve of grain,
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AgP 174.16
तुलापुरुषमुख्यानि महादानानि षोडश अन्नदानानि मुख्यानि सर्वाण्यघहराणि हि
tulāpuruṣamukhyāni mahādānāni ṣoḍaśa annadānāni mukhyāni sarvāṇyaghaharāṇi hi
the sixteen great gifts headed by the tulāpuruṣa, and the chief gifts of food — all of these indeed remove sin.
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AgP 174.18
तिथिवारर्क्षसङ्क्रान्तियोगमन्वादिकालके ब्रतादि सूर्येशशक्तिश्रीशादेरघघातनं(२)
tithivārarkṣasaṅkrāntiyogamanvādikālake bratādi sūryeśaśaktiśrīśāderaghaghātanaṃ(2)
At the times of tithi, weekday, asterism, solar transit, yoga, the beginning of a manvantara and the like, vows and the rest (offered) to Sūrya, Īśa, Śakti, Śrīśa and the others are a destroying of sin.
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AgP 174.19
गङ्गा गया प्रयागश् च काश्ययोध्या ह्य् अवम्तिका :न् १ प्रवृत्तैस्तु निवृत्तैस्तु इज्यते भुक्तिमुक्तिद इति घ॥ , ङ॥ , झ॥ , ञ॥ च २ अघनाशनमिति ग॥ :प् १९१ कुरुक्षेत्रं पुष्करञ्च नैमिषं पुरुषोत्तमः
gaṅgā gayā prayāgaś ca kāśyayodhyā hy avamtikā :n 1 pravṛttaistu nivṛttaistu ijyate bhuktimuktida iti gha.. , ṅa.. , jha.. , ña.. ca 2 aghanāśanamiti ga.. :p 191 kurukṣetraṃ puṣkarañca naimiṣaṃ puruṣottamaḥ
Gaṅgā, Gayā and Prayāga, Kāśī, Ayodhyā, Avantikā, Kurukṣetra and Puṣkara, Naimiṣa, Puruṣottama — [the intervening apparatus records manuscript variants and the page number].
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AgP 174.20
शालग्रामप्रभासाद्यं तीर्थञ्चघोघघातकं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिरिति ध्यानमघौघनुत्
śālagrāmaprabhāsādyaṃ tīrthañcaghoghaghātakaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiriti dhyānamaghaughanut
Śālagrāma, Prabhāsa and the rest — the sacred ford destroys the mass of sin; and the meditation 'I am brahman, the supreme light' drives away the flood of sin.
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AgP 174.21
पुराणं ब्रह्म चाग्नेयं ब्रह्मा विष्णुर्महेश्वरः अवताराः सर्वपूजाः प्रतिष्ठाप्रतिमादिकं
purāṇaṃ brahma cāgneyaṃ brahmā viṣṇurmaheśvaraḥ avatārāḥ sarvapūjāḥ pratiṣṭhāpratimādikaṃ
The Purāṇa, brahman, and the Āgneya (Purāṇa); Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśvara; the incarnations, all the worships, consecration, images and the rest;
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AgP 174.22
ज्योतिःशास्त्रपुराणानि स्मृतयस्तु तपोव्रतं(१) अर्थशास्त्रञ्च सर्गाद्या आयुर्वेदो धनुर्मतिः
jyotiḥśāstrapurāṇāni smṛtayastu tapovrataṃ(1) arthaśāstrañca sargādyā āyurvedo dhanurmatiḥ
the treatises on astronomy and the purāṇas, the smṛtis, and ascetic observance, the arthaśāstra, (accounts of) creation and so on, the āyurveda, the science of archery,
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AgP 174.23
शिक्षा छन्दो व्याकरणं निरुक्तञ्चाभिधानकं कल्पो न्यायश् च मीमांसा ह्य् अन्यत् सर्वं हरिः प्रभुः
śikṣā chando vyākaraṇaṃ niruktañcābhidhānakaṃ kalpo nyāyaś ca mīmāṃsā hy anyat sarvaṃ hariḥ prabhuḥ
phonetics, metrics, grammar, etymology and lexicography, ritual procedure, logic and mīmāṃsā — indeed everything else is Hari the Lord.
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AgP 174.24
एके द्वयोर्यतो यस्मिन् यः सर्वमिति वेद यः तं दृष्ट्वान्यस्य पापानि विनश्यन्ति हरिश् च सः
eke dvayoryato yasmin yaḥ sarvamiti veda yaḥ taṃ dṛṣṭvānyasya pāpāni vinaśyanti hariś ca saḥ
He who knows 'in that in which, and from which, the two are one — that is all': on seeing him, another's sins are destroyed, and he is Hari.
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AgP 174.25
विद्याष्टादशरूपश् च सूक्ष्मः स्थूलो ऽपरो हरिः ज्योतिः सदक्षरं ब्रह्म परं विष्णुश् च निर्मलः
vidyāṣṭādaśarūpaś ca sūkṣmaḥ sthūlo 'paro hariḥ jyotiḥ sadakṣaraṃ brahma paraṃ viṣṇuś ca nirmalaḥ
And Hari has the form of the eighteen sciences; he is subtle, gross, and yet other; he is light, being, the imperishable, the supreme brahman, and the stainless Viṣṇu.
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