Agni Purana — Chapter 176
AgP 176.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे व्रतपरिभाषानाम पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ कीर्तिं वृद्धिमिति ख॥ , छ॥ च २ विप्राः पूज्याः सगरव इति घ॥ , ज॥ , ट॥ च ३ मुद्रिकाछत्रमासनमिति घ॥ :प् १९८ छप्तेर् {१७६} :श् अथ षट्सप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः प्रतिपद्व्रतानि अग्निर् उवाच वक्ष्ये प्रतिपदादीनि व्रतान्यखिलदानि ते कार्त्तिकाश्वयुजे चैत्रे प्रतिपद्ब्रह्मणस्तिथिः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe vrataparibhāṣānāma pañcasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 kīrtiṃ vṛddhimiti kha.. , cha.. ca 2 viprāḥ pūjyāḥ sagarava iti gha.. , ja.. , ṭa.. ca 3 mudrikāchatramāsanamiti gha.. :p 198 chapter {176} :ś atha ṣaṭsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pratipadvratāni agnir uvāca vakṣye pratipadādīni vratānyakhiladāni te kārttikāśvayuje caitre pratipadbrahmaṇastithiḥ
[Colophon:] Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one-hundred-seventy-fifth chapter, named "The Definitions concerning Vows." [Variant notes: 1. "kīrtiṃ vṛddhim" in mss. kha and cha. 2. "viprāḥ pūjyāḥ sagaravaḥ" in mss. gha, ja and ṭa. 3. "mudrikāchatramāsanam" in ms. gha. p. 198, chapter 176.] Now the one-hundred-seventy-sixth chapter: the vows of the first lunar day. Agni said: I shall declare to you the vows, beginning with (that of) the first lunar day, which grant all things. In Kārttika, in Āśvina, in Caitra, the first lunar day is the tithi of Brahmā.
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AgP 176.2
पञ्चदश्यान्निराहारः प्रतिपद्यर्चयेदजं ॐ तत् सद्ब्रह्मणे नमो गायत्र्या वाव्दमेककं
pañcadaśyānnirāhāraḥ pratipadyarcayedajaṃ oṃ tat sadbrahmaṇe namo gāyatryā vāvdamekakaṃ
Taking no food on the fifteenth (day), on the first day he should worship the Unborn (Brahmā) with "Oṃ, that is the real, homage to Brahmā" and with the Gāyatrī, for one year.
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AgP 176.3
अक्षमालाश्रुवन्दक्षे(१) वामे श्रुचकमण्डलु(२) लम्बकूर्चञ्च जटिलं हैमं ब्रह्माणमर्चयेत्
akṣamālāśruvandakṣe(1) vāme śrucakamaṇḍalu(2) lambakūrcañca jaṭilaṃ haimaṃ brahmāṇamarcayet
(With) a rosary and a ladle in the right (hands), in the left the śruc-ladle and the water-pot; long-bearded and with matted hair, made of gold — thus should he worship Brahmā.
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AgP 176.4
शक्त्या क्षीरं प्रदद्यात्तु ब्रह्मा मे प्रीयतामिति निर्मलो भोगभ्क् स्वर्गे भूमौ विप्रो धनी भवेत्
śaktyā kṣīraṃ pradadyāttu brahmā me prīyatāmiti nirmalo bhogabhk svarge bhūmau vipro dhanī bhavet
According to his means he should present milk, (saying) "May Brahmā be pleased with me." (Thus) purified, he enjoys pleasures in heaven, and on earth becomes a wealthy brahmin.
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AgP 176.5
धन्यं व्रतं प्रवक्ष्यामि अधन्यो धन्यतां व्रजेत् मार्गशीर्षे प्रतिपदि नक्तं हुत्वा प्युपोषितः(३)
dhanyaṃ vrataṃ pravakṣyāmi adhanyo dhanyatāṃ vrajet mārgaśīrṣe pratipadi naktaṃ hutvā pyupoṣitaḥ(3)
I shall declare the "prosperity" (dhanya) vow: (by it) one without prosperity attains prosperity. On the first lunar day in Mārgaśīrṣa, eating (only) at night, having made the oblation, and fasting,
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AgP 176.6
अग्नये नम इत्य् अग्निं प्रार्च्याव्दं सर्वभाग् भवेत् प्रतिपद्येकभक्ताशी समाप्ते कपिलाप्रदः
agnaye nama ity agniṃ prārcyāvdaṃ sarvabhāg bhavet pratipadyekabhaktāśī samāpte kapilāpradaḥ
having worshipped Agni with "Homage to Agni" for a year, he comes to share in everything. Eating a single meal on the first lunar day, and at the completion (of the vow) giving a tawny cow,
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AgP 176.7
वैश्वानरपदं याति शिखिव्रतमिदं स्मृतं
vaiśvānarapadaṃ yāti śikhivratamidaṃ smṛtaṃ
he goes to the station of Vaiśvānara. This is (what) the fire-vow is held (to be).
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