Agni Purana — Chapter 179
AgP 179.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे तृतीयाव्रतानि नाम अष्टसप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ वर्षान्ते इति ख॥ , ङ॥ , ट॥ च २ अलङ्काराणि सर्वाणि भवानो प्रीयतामिति ट॥ ३ दमनकतृतीयाकृदित्यादिः नारायणी क्रमादित्यन्तः पाठः ज॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् २०५ छप्तेर् {१७९} :श् अथैकोनाशीत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ चतुर्थीव्रतानि अग्निर् उवाच चतुर्थी व्रतान्याख्यास्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदानि ते(१) माघे शुक्लचतुर्थ्यान्तु उपवासी यजेद् गुणं
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāvratāni nāma aṣṭasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 varṣānte iti kha.. , ṅa.. , ṭa.. ca 2 alaṅkārāṇi sarvāṇi bhavāno prīyatāmiti ṭa.. 3 damanakatṛtīyākṛdityādiḥ nārāyaṇī kramādityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ ja.. pustake nāsti :p 205 chapter {179} :ś athaikonāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || caturthīvratāni agnir uvāca caturthī vratānyākhyāsye bhuktimuktipradāni te(1) māghe śuklacaturthyāntu upavāsī yajed guṇaṃ
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the one hundred and seventy-eighth chapter, called "The Vows of the Third Day." || Chapter 179: The Vows of the Fourth Day. Agni said: I shall declare to you the vows of the fourth day, which bestow enjoyment and liberation. On the bright fourth of Māgha, fasting, one should worship Gaṇa (Gaṇeśa).
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AgP 179.2
पञ्चम्याञ्च तिलान्नादी वर्षान्निर्विघ्नतः(२) सुखी गं स्वाहा(३) मूलमन्त्रो ऽयं गामाद्यं हृदयादिकं
pañcamyāñca tilānnādī varṣānnirvighnataḥ(2) sukhī gaṃ svāhā(3) mūlamantro 'yaṃ gāmādyaṃ hṛdayādikaṃ
And on the fifth, eating rice with sesame, he is free of obstacles for a year and happy. "Gaṃ svāhā" — this is the root mantra; "gāṃ" and the rest are the (mantras) of the heart and so on.
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AgP 179.3
आगच्छोल्काय चावाह्य गच्छोल्काय विसर्जनं उल्कान्तैर् गादिगन्धाद्यैः पूजयेन्मोदकादिभिः
āgaccholkāya cāvāhya gaccholkāya visarjanaṃ ulkāntair gādigandhādyaiḥ pūjayenmodakādibhiḥ
With "āgaccholkāya" one invokes, with "gaccholkāya" the dismissal; with (the mantras) ending in "ulka," with those beginning with ga, with perfumes and the rest, one should worship with sweetmeats and so on.
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AgP 179.4
ॐ महोल्काय विद्महे वक्रतुण्डाय(४) धीमहि तन्नो दन्ती प्रचीदयात् मासि भाद्रपदे चापि चतुर्थीकृच्छिवं व्रजेत् चतुर्थ्यां फाल्गुने नक्तमविघ्नाख्या व्रजेत्
oṃ maholkāya vidmahe vakratuṇḍāya(4) dhīmahi tanno dantī pracīdayāt māsi bhādrapade cāpi caturthīkṛcchivaṃ vrajet caturthyāṃ phālgune naktamavighnākhyā vrajet
"Om, may we know the great meteor, may we meditate on the curved-trunked one; may the tusked one impel us." And in the month of Bhādrapada too, one who keeps the fourth goes to Śiva. On the fourth in Phālguna, (eating) at night, he attains her called Avighnā (the Obstacleless).
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AgP 179.5
चतुर्थ्यां फाल्गुने नक्तमविघ्नाख्या चतुर्थ्यपि चतुर्थ्यां दमनैः पूज्य चैत्रे प्रार्च्य गणं सुखी
caturthyāṃ phālgune naktamavighnākhyā caturthyapi caturthyāṃ damanaiḥ pūjya caitre prārcya gaṇaṃ sukhī
On the fourth of Phālguna, (eating) only at night, (comes the observance) called Avighnā; and on the fourth of Caitra, having worshipped (Gaṇeśa) with damana leaves, having duly honoured Gaṇa, (the votary becomes) happy.
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