Agni Purana — Chapter 177
AgP 177.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे प्रतिपद्व्रतानि नाम षट्सप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ अक्षमालाश्रुचं दक्षे इति छ॥ २ वामे दण्डकमण्डलु इति छ॥ , झ॥ । वामे श्रुवकमण्डलु इति छ॥ ३ नक्तं कृच्चाभ्युपोषित इति ग॥ :प् १९९ छप्तेर् {१७७} :श् अथ सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः द्वितीयाव्रतानि अग्निर् उवाच द्वितीयाव्रतकं वक्ष्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिदायकं पुष्पाहारी द्वितीयायामश्विनौ पूजयेत् सुरौ
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe pratipadvratāni nāma ṣaṭsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 akṣamālāśrucaṃ dakṣe iti cha.. 2 vāme daṇḍakamaṇḍalu iti cha.. , jha.. / vāme śruvakamaṇḍalu iti cha.. 3 naktaṃ kṛccābhyupoṣita iti ga.. :p 199 chapter {177} :ś atha saptasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ dvitīyāvratāni agnir uvāca dvitīyāvratakaṃ vakṣye bhuktimuktidāyakaṃ puṣpāhārī dvitīyāyāmaśvinau pūjayet surau
[Colophon:] Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one-hundred-seventy-sixth chapter, named "The Vows of the First Lunar Day." [Variant notes: 1. "akṣamālāśrucaṃ dakṣe" in ms. cha. 2. "vāme daṇḍakamaṇḍalu" in mss. cha and jha; "vāme śruvakamaṇḍalu" in ms. cha. 3. "naktaṃ kṛcchrābhyupoṣitaḥ" in ms. ga. p. 199, chapter 177.] Now the one-hundred-seventy-seventh chapter: the vows of the second lunar day. Agni said: I shall declare the vow of the second lunar day, which bestows enjoyment and liberation. Living on flowers, on the second lunar day one should worship the two Aśvin gods.
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AgP 177.2
अब्दं स्वरूपसौभाग्यं स्वर्गभाग् जायते व्रती कार्त्तिके शुक्तिपक्षस्य(१) दितीयायां यमं यजेत्
abdaṃ svarūpasaubhāgyaṃ svargabhāg jāyate vratī kārttike śuktipakṣasya(1) ditīyāyāṃ yamaṃ yajet
(Doing so) for a year, the observer of the vow gains beauty of form and good fortune, and comes to share in heaven. In the bright fortnight of Kārttika, on the second lunar day, he should worship Yama.
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AgP 177.3
अब्दमुपोषितः स्वर्गं गच्छेन्न नरकं व्रती अशून्यशयनं वक्ष्ये अवैधव्यादिदायकं
abdamupoṣitaḥ svargaṃ gacchenna narakaṃ vratī aśūnyaśayanaṃ vakṣye avaidhavyādidāyakaṃ
Fasting for a year, the observer of the vow goes to heaven and not to hell. I shall declare (the vow of) the "bed not empty," which bestows freedom from widowhood and the rest.
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AgP 177.4
कृष्णपक्षे द्वितीयायां श्रावणास्य चरेदिदं श्रीवत्सधारिन् श्रिकान्त श्रीधामन् श्रीपते ऽव्यय
kṛṣṇapakṣe dvitīyāyāṃ śrāvaṇāsya caredidaṃ śrīvatsadhārin śrikānta śrīdhāman śrīpate 'vyaya
On the second lunar day of the dark fortnight of Śrāvaṇa one should perform this: "O wearer of the śrīvatsa, beloved of Śrī, abode of Śrī, lord of Śrī, imperishable one!
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AgP 177.5
गार्हस्थ्यं मा प्रणाशं मे यातु धर्मार्थकामदं अग्नयी मा प्रणश्यन्तु मा प्रणश्यन्तु देवताः
gārhasthyaṃ mā praṇāśaṃ me yātu dharmārthakāmadaṃ agnayī mā praṇaśyantu mā praṇaśyantu devatāḥ
May my householder's state, which yields dharma, wealth and pleasure, not come to ruin. May my (sacrificial) fires not perish; may the deities not perish;
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AgP 177.6
पितरो मा प्रणश्यन्तु मत्तो दाम्पत्यभेदतः लक्ष्म्या वियुज्यते देवो न कदाशिद्यथा भवान्
pitaro mā praṇaśyantu matto dāmpatyabhedataḥ lakṣmyā viyujyate devo na kadāśidyathā bhavān
may the fathers not perish through a breach of the married pair on my part. As you, a god, are never parted from Lakṣmī,
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AgP 177.7
तथा कलत्रसम्बन्धो देव मा मे विभिद्यतां लक्ष्म्या न शून्यं वरद यथा ते शयनं विभो
tathā kalatrasambandho deva mā me vibhidyatāṃ lakṣmyā na śūnyaṃ varada yathā te śayanaṃ vibho
so, O god, let my bond with my wife not be broken. As your bed, O bestower of boons, O pervader, is never empty of Lakṣmī,
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AgP 177.8
शय्या ममाप्यशून्यास्तु तथैव मधुसूदन लक्ष्मीं विष्णुं यजेदव्दं दद्याच्छय्यां फलानि च
śayyā mamāpyaśūnyāstu tathaiva madhusūdana lakṣmīṃ viṣṇuṃ yajedavdaṃ dadyācchayyāṃ phalāni ca
so too, O Madhusūdana, let my bed also not be empty." He should worship Lakṣmī and Viṣṇu for a year, and should give a bed and fruits.
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AgP 177.9
प्रतिमासं च सोमाय दद्यादर्घ्यं समन्त्रकं :न् १ शुक्तपक्षे तु इति ग॥ :प् २०० गगनाङ्गणसन्दीप दुग्धाब्धिमथनोद्भव
pratimāsaṃ ca somāya dadyādarghyaṃ samantrakaṃ :n 1 śuktapakṣe tu iti ga.. :p 200 gaganāṅgaṇasandīpa dugdhābdhimathanodbhava
And each month he should offer arghya-water to Soma along with the mantra: [Variant note: 1. "śuktapakṣe tu" in ms. ga. p. 200] "O lamp of the courtyard of the sky, born from the churning of the ocean of milk,
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AgP 177.10
भाभासितादिगाभोग रामानुज नमो ऽस्तु ते ॐ श्रीं श्रीधराय नमः सोमात्मानं हरिं यजेत्
bhābhāsitādigābhoga rāmānuja namo 'stu te oṃ śrīṃ śrīdharāya namaḥ somātmānaṃ hariṃ yajet
you whose light illumines the expanse of the quarters, younger brother of Rāma, homage be to you!" With "Oṃ śrīṃ, homage to Śrīdhara" he should worship Hari in the form of the moon.
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AgP 177.11
घं ढं भं हं श्रियै नमो दशरूपमहात्मने घृतेन होमो नक्तञ्च शय्यां दद्याद्द्विजातये(१)
ghaṃ ḍhaṃ bhaṃ haṃ śriyai namo daśarūpamahātmane ghṛtena homo naktañca śayyāṃ dadyāddvijātaye(1)
"Ghaṃ ḍhaṃ bhaṃ haṃ, homage to Śrī," (and) to the great-souled one of ten forms. (There should be) an oblation with ghee and a night-meal; and he should give a bed to a brahmin,
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AgP 177.12
दीपान्नभाजनैर् युक्तं छत्रोपानहमासनं सोदकुम्भञ्च प्रतिमां विप्रायाथ च पात्रकं(२)
dīpānnabhājanair yuktaṃ chatropānahamāsanaṃ sodakumbhañca pratimāṃ viprāyātha ca pātrakaṃ(2)
furnished with lamps and food-vessels, (and) an umbrella, sandals, a seat, and a water-jar together with an image, and also a bowl, to the brahmin.
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AgP 177.13
पत्न्या य एवं कुरुते भुक्तिमुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् कान्तिव्रतं प्रवक्ष्यामि कार्त्तिकस्य सिते चरेत्
patnyā ya evaṃ kurute bhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt kāntivrataṃ pravakṣyāmi kārttikasya site caret
He who performs (this) thus together with his wife would obtain enjoyment and liberation. I shall declare the "beauty" (kānti) vow: one should perform it in the bright (fortnight) of Kārttika.
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AgP 177.14
नक्तभोजी द्वितीयायां पूजयेद् बलकेशवौ वर्षं प्राप्नोति वै कान्तिमायुरारोग्यकादिकं
naktabhojī dvitīyāyāṃ pūjayed balakeśavau varṣaṃ prāpnoti vai kāntimāyurārogyakādikaṃ
Eating only at night on the second day, (one) should worship Bala and Keśava; for a year — (thus one) obtains beauty, long life, freedom from disease, and the rest.
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AgP 177.15
अथ शिष्णुव्रतं वक्ष्ये मनोवाञ्छितदायकं पौषशुक्लद्वितीयादि कृत्वा दिनचतुष्टयं
atha śiṣṇuvrataṃ vakṣye manovāñchitadāyakaṃ pauṣaśukladvitīyādi kṛtvā dinacatuṣṭayaṃ
Now I shall declare the śiṣṇu vow, which grants what the mind desires: beginning on the second day of the bright fortnight of Pauṣa, having performed (it) for four days.
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AgP 177.16
पूर्वं सिद्धार्थकैः स्नानं ततः कृष्णतिलैः(३)स्मृतं वचया च तृतीये ऽह्नि सर्वौषध्या चतुर्थके
pūrvaṃ siddhārthakaiḥ snānaṃ tataḥ kṛṣṇatilaiḥ(3)smṛtaṃ vacayā ca tṛtīye 'hni sarvauṣadhyā caturthake
First a bath with white mustard seeds, then, it is held, with black sesame; and with sweet flag on the third day, with (the set of) all herbs on the fourth.
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AgP 177.17
मुरामांषी वचा कुष्ठं शैलेयं रजनीद्वर्य(४) सटी चम्पकमुस्तञ्च सर्वौषधिगणः स्मृतः
murāmāṃṣī vacā kuṣṭhaṃ śaileyaṃ rajanīdvarya(4) saṭī campakamustañca sarvauṣadhigaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
Murā, jaṭāmāṃsī, sweet flag, costus, rock-lichen, the two turmerics, saṭī, campaka and mustā — this is held to be the group of all herbs.
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AgP 177.18
नाम्ना कृष्णाच्युतानन्त हृषीकेशेति पूजयेत् पादे नाभ्यां चक्षुषि च क्रमाच्छिरसि पुष्पकैः
nāmnā kṛṣṇācyutānanta hṛṣīkeśeti pūjayet pāde nābhyāṃ cakṣuṣi ca kramācchirasi puṣpakaiḥ
(One) should worship with the names Kṛṣṇa, Acyuta, Ananta, Hṛṣīkeśa — with flowers, in order, at the feet, at the navel, at the eye, and on the head.
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AgP 177.19
शशिचन्द्रशशाङ्केन्दुसञ्ज्ञाभिश्चार्घ्यं इन्दवे नक्तं भुञ्जीत च नरो यावत्तिष्ठति चन्द्रमाः
śaśicandraśaśāṅkendusañjñābhiścārghyaṃ indave naktaṃ bhuñjīta ca naro yāvattiṣṭhati candramāḥ
And (one should offer) the arghya-water to the moon with the appellations Śaśin, Candra, Śaśāṅka, Indu; and the man should eat at night as long as the moon endures.
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AgP 177.20
:न् १ शय्यां दद्याद्द्वितीयके इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च २ विप्रायाथ च पानकमिति घ॥ , ञ॥ च ३ शुक्ततिलैर् इति ग॥ ४ पूर्वं सिद्धार्थकैर् इत्यादिः, रजनीद्वयमित्यन्तः पाठः झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् २०१ षण्मासं पावनं चाब्दं प्राप्नुयात् सकलं व्रती एतद् व्रतं नृपैः स्त्रीभिः कृतं पूर्वं सुरादिभिः
:n 1 śayyāṃ dadyāddvitīyake iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca 2 viprāyātha ca pānakamiti gha.. , ña.. ca 3 śuktatilair iti ga.. 4 pūrvaṃ siddhārthakair ityādiḥ, rajanīdvayamityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ jha.. pustake nāsti :p 201 ṣaṇmāsaṃ pāvanaṃ cābdaṃ prāpnuyāt sakalaṃ vratī etad vrataṃ nṛpaiḥ strībhiḥ kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ surādibhiḥ
[Notes: 1 'śayyāṃ dadyād dvitīyake' in MSS kha, ga, gha, ṅa, cha, ja, ña, ṭa. 2 'viprāyātha ca pānakam' in gha and ña. 3 'śuktatilaiḥ' in ga. 4 The passage from 'pūrvaṃ siddhārthakaiḥ' up to 'rajanīdvayam' is absent in MS jha.] For six months, and (for) a purifying year, the observer of the vow would obtain everything. This vow was formerly performed by kings, by women, and by the gods and others.
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